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I went to get an eye exam an ithey told me i had 20/50 vision is that lower or higher than 20/200?


i went to get an eye exam an ithey told me i had 20/50 vision is that lower or higher than 20/200?
please explain

20/50 means you can only see at 20 feet away what a normal person can see at 50 feet away. In other words, you must be 30 feet closer to see as clear as the normal person. Therefore, 20/200 would mean that you can only see at 20 feet what a normal person could see at 200 feet, and that would be worse.

20/50 vision is better....20/20 is considered 'perfect', 20/200 is considered legally blind.

20/50 is better than 20/200

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