GK QUESTION#2925

A person prescribed glasses with a power of –2.5 diopters is likely affected by which eye defect?

AMyopia, corrected with a concave lensCorrect answer
BHypermetropia, corrected with a convex lens
CPresbyopia, corrected with bifocals
DAstigmatism, corrected with cylindrical lenses

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A. Myopia, corrected with a concave lens

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A negative lens power denotes a diverging, or concave, lens. Such a lens corrects myopia by moving the focus of light from a distant object back onto the retina.

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A person prescribed glasses with a power of –2.5 diopters is likely affected by which eye defect?

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A person prescribed glasses with a power of –2.5 diopters is likely affected by which eye defect?

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