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A camera obscura is used to form an image of a distant object. If the object is 10.0 m away from the aperture and the magnification of the image is –0.15, what is the image distance?
The distance of the image.
Answer to Problem 1PQ
The image distance is
Explanation of Solution
Write the expression for the magnification.
Here,
From the above equation we get,
Conclusion:
Substitute
Therefore, the image distance is
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