On one side of a diverging lens of focal length 36.3 cm, you position an object of height 2.79 cm somewhere along the principal axis. The resultant image has a height of 0.84 cm. How far from the lens is the object located?

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On one side of a diverging lens of focal length 36.3 cm, you position an object of height 2.79 cm somewhere along the principal axis. The resultant image has a height of 0.84 cm. How far from the lens is the object located? 

 

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