The image produced by a converging lens has characteristics that are dependent upon the location of the object. The general Location, the Orientation (upright or inverted), the relative Size (smaller, larger, or the same size as the object), and the Type (real or virtual) will all be affected by the location of the object.

There are two similar versions of this question. Here is one of those versions:
 

Version 1:

The red arrow represents an object located in the region between the focal point (F1) and the surface of a converging lens. Identify the characteristics of the image that is produced -– location, orientation, size and type.
 

 

The given diagram shows the object located in the region between the focal point and the surface of a converging lens. When the object is located anywhere in this region, the image that is produced will always be located on the same side of the lens as the object but further away from the lens than the object; it will be an upright image; it will be larger than the object; and it will be a virtual  image. The image that you pick must have these characteristics. 

Since this leaves many possibilities,  it would be helpful to sketch a couple of invisible/mental principal rays to determine the precise location. You could sketch one through the center of the lens (and then trace it backwards upon itself). And then you could also trace one parallel to the principal axis and refract it through the focal point on the opposite side of the lens. These two refracted rays will be diverging, thus creating a virtual image. Tracing the refracted rays backwards to an intesection point would result in an image location.
 

To learn more about object-image relationships for converging lenses, visit the following page at The Physics Classroom Tutorial:

Image Characteristics for Concave Mirrors
 


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