A lens forms an image with magnification -2 and is inverted. What is the orientation of the image?

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A lens forms an image with magnification -2 and is inverted. What is the orientation of the image?

Explanation:
The orientation is inverted. Magnification with a negative sign means the image is flipped relative to the object. Here the magnitude is 2, so the image is twice as tall, but the key point is the negative sign indicating inversion. In a simple lens forming a real image, this flip occurs (top becomes bottom, and left/right can also swap), so the image is inverted rather than upright.

The orientation is inverted. Magnification with a negative sign means the image is flipped relative to the object. Here the magnitude is 2, so the image is twice as tall, but the key point is the negative sign indicating inversion. In a simple lens forming a real image, this flip occurs (top becomes bottom, and left/right can also swap), so the image is inverted rather than upright.

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