Question

If the object distance in the following picture were 8.0 m and the image distance were 2.0 m, what is the focal length?

Answer options: 0.63m or 1.6m

Answer 1

where is the picture. .......

Answer 2

1.6m

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve, we must use the equation: 1/f = 1/so + 1/si

f= focal point

so=object's distance

si=image's distance

We put in the numbers we have and we get: 1/f = 1/8.0 + 1/2.0.

1/f = 0.125 + 0.5 (changed the fractions to decimals)

1/f = 0.63 (0.625 rounded to the hundredths)

Now we solve for f:

1 = 0.63f

f = 1/0.63

f = 1.6

The focal length is 1.6m.

Hope this helped!