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Is it possible to see a virtual image?
Yes because the rays that appear to come from a virtual image can be focused by the eye just like those from an object.
Yes, but only by using an additional lens to form a real image before the light reaches the eye.
No, since virtual images do not really exist.
No, since the rays that seem to emanate from a virtual image do not in fact emanate from the image.
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