The length of an astronomical telescope for normal vision (relaxed eye) ($f_o$ = focal length of objective lens and $f_e$ = focal length of eye lens) is

  • A
    $f_o \times f_e$
  • B
    $\frac{f_o}{f_e}$
  • C
    $f_o + f_e$
  • D
    $f_o - f_e$

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