When do we consider a person to be myopic or hypermetropic? Explain using diagrams how the defects associated with myopic and hypermetropic eye can be corrected?

  • A
    Myopia: Near-sightedness; Hypermetropia: Far-sightedness.
  • B
    Myopia is corrected by a concave lens; Hypermetropia is corrected by a convex lens.
  • C
    Myopia is corrected by a convex lens; Hypermetropia is corrected by a concave lens.
  • D
    Myopia is corrected by a bifocal lens; Hypermetropia is corrected by a concave lens.

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