College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 25, Problem 42GP
You are examining a flea with a converging lens that has a focal length of 4.00 cm. If the image of the flea is 6.50 times the size of the flea how far is the flea from the lens? Where, relative to the lens, is the image?
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