Physics (5th Edition)
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Author: James S. Walker
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Chapter 27, Problem 99GP
A person with a near-point distance N uses a magnifying glass with a focal length f. Show that the greatest magnification that can be achieved with this magnifier is M = 1 + N/f.
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Reading glasses with a power of + 1.50 diopters...Ch. 27 - A nearsighted person wears contacts with a focal...Ch. 27 - Without his glasses, Isaac can see objects clearly...Ch. 27 - A person whose near-point distance is 42.5 cm...Ch. 27 - A pair of eyeglasses is designed to allow a person...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate Your favorite aunt can read a...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate The relaxed eyes of a patient...Ch. 27 - Without glasses, your Uncle Albert can see things...Ch. 27 - A 2.05-cm-tall object is placed 30.0 cm to the...Ch. 27 - A simple camera telephoto lens consists of two...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate With unaided vision, a librarian...Ch. 27 - A persons prescription for her new bifocal glasses...Ch. 27 - A persons prescription for his new bifocal...Ch. 27 - Two lenses, with f1 = +20.0 cm and f2 = +30.0 cm,...Ch. 27 - A converging lens with a focal length of 4.0 cm is...Ch. 27 - Two magnifying glasses are for sale at a store....Ch. 27 - The Moon is 3476 km in diameter and orbits the...Ch. 27 - A magnifying glass is a single convex lens with a...Ch. 27 - Calculate the focal length of a magnifying lens...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate A student has two lenses, one of...Ch. 27 - A beetle 4.93 mm long is examined with a simple...Ch. 27 - To engrave wishes of good luck on a watch, an...Ch. 27 - A jeweler examines a diamond with a magnifying...Ch. 27 - In Problem 55, find the angular magnification when...Ch. 27 - Prob. 57PCECh. 27 - You have two lenses: lens 1 with a focal length of...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate Microscope objective A is...Ch. 27 - A compound microscope has an objective lens with a...Ch. 27 - BIO A typical red blood cell subtends an angle of...Ch. 27 - (a) If you treat a 10x eyepiece of a microscope as...Ch. 27 - The medium-power objective lens in a laboratory...Ch. 27 - A compound microscope has the objective and...Ch. 27 - The barrel of a compound microscope is 15 cm in...Ch. 27 - A compound microscope uses a 75.0-mm lens as the...Ch. 27 - The tube length of a microscope is defined to be...Ch. 27 - Two telescopes of different lengths produce the...Ch. 27 - A grade school student plans to build a 35-power...Ch. 27 - A 75-power refracting telescope has an eyepiece...Ch. 27 - An amateur astronomer wants to build a small...Ch. 27 - A pirate sights a distant ship with a spyglass...Ch. 27 - A telescope has lenses with focal lengths f1 =...Ch. 27 - Jason has a 25-power telescope whose objective...Ch. 27 - Roughing It with Science A professor shipwrecked...Ch. 27 - Galileos Telescope Galileos first telescope used a...Ch. 27 - The Moon has an angular size of 0 50 when viewed...Ch. 27 - A telescope is 275 mm long and has an objective...Ch. 27 - The focal length for light that strikes near the...Ch. 27 - The focal length for red light that strikes a...Ch. 27 - BIO Predict/Explain Intracorneal Ring An...Ch. 27 - CE BIO The lens in a normal human eye, with...Ch. 27 - CE BIO Predict/Explain Treating Cataracts When the...Ch. 27 - Galileos original telescope (Figure 27-29) used a...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate For each of the following cases,...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate You have two lenses, with focal...Ch. 27 - BIO The eye is actually a multiple-lens system,...Ch. 27 - BIO Fitting Contact Lenses with a Keratometer When...Ch. 27 - Pricey Stamp A rare 1918 Jenny stamp, depicting a...Ch. 27 - Prob. 90GPCh. 27 - Consider a Galilean telescope, as illustrated in...Ch. 27 - A farsighted person uses glasses with a refractive...Ch. 27 - Landing on an Aircraft Carrier The Fresnel Lens...Ch. 27 - A Cassegrain astronomical telescope uses two...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate A convex Ions (f = 20.0 cm) is...Ch. 27 - The diameter of a collimated laser beam can be...Ch. 27 - Consider three lenses with focal lengths of 25.0...Ch. 27 - Because a concave lens cannot form a real image of...Ch. 27 - A person with a near-point distance N uses a...Ch. 27 - Prob. 100GPCh. 27 - Prob. 101PPCh. 27 - Prob. 102PPCh. 27 - Prob. 103PPCh. 27 - Predict/Calculate Referring to Example 27-4...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate Referring to Example 27-4 in...Ch. 27 - Predict/Calculate Referring to Example 27-4 In...Ch. 27 - 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