An eye specialist prescribes spectacles having a combination of a convex lens of focal length $40\, cm$ in contact with a concave lens of focal length $25\, cm$. The power of this lens combination in diopters is

  • A
    $+ 1.5$
  • B
    $- 1.5$
  • C
    $+ 6.67$
  • D
    $- 6.67$

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