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Chapter 34, Problem 61EAP
To determine the focal length of a lens, you place the lens in front of a small lightbulb and then adjust a viewing screen to get a sharply focused image. Varying the lens position produces the following data:
Bulb to lens (cm)Lens to screen (cm)
20
61
22
47
24
39
26
37
28
32
Use the best-fit line of an appropriate graph to determine the focal length of the lens.
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