Your friend can read a book perfectly well but cannot read the writing on blackboard unless she sits on the front row in class.
(a) Is she short-sighted or long-sighted?
(b) What type of lenses-converging or diverging-would an optician prescribe for her?
(a) Your friend can read a book perfectly well but cannot read the writing on blackboard unless she sits on the front row in class she is having short-sightedness.
(b) An optician prescribe her a diverging lens.