In a compound lens, the image of the first lens will serve as the object of the second lens. Which of the following statements are true? A virtual image cannot serve as a real object A real object will always form a real image. Light must travel through lens 1 and form an image before it travels through the second lens. I only II and III only I, II, and HI only None of the above statements are true. I don't understand how Roman Numeral 1 is not true. I know that for lenses, virtual is on the left and real is on the right of the lens, so the image of the first lens can possibly be virtual. So if it's virtual, it's also the virtual object for the next lens.

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In a compound lens, the image of the first lens will serve as the object of the second lens. Which of the following statements are true?

A virtual image cannot serve as a real object
A real object will always form a real image.
Light must travel through lens 1 and form an image before it travels through the second lens.

I only
II and III only
I, II, and HI only
None of the above statements are true.

I don't understand how Roman Numeral 1 is not true. I know that for lenses, virtual is on the left and real is on the right of the lens, so the image of the first lens can possibly be virtual. So if it's virtual, it's also the virtual object for the next lens.