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Betty and Ahmed are standing 4.0 m in front of a camera, which has a converging lens with a focal length of 0.045 m. The distance between the image and the lens is 0.044 m 0.046 m 0.44 m 0.46 m

User Mkaj
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Answer: 0.046

Step-by-step explanation:

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User The Angry Saxon
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Answer:

0.046 m

Step-by-step explanation:

The lens equation states that:


(1)/(f)=(1)/(p)+(1)/(q)

where

f is the focal length

p is the distance of the object from the lens

q is the distance of the image from the lens

For this problem, we have

p = 4.0 m (distance of Betty and Ahmed from the lens)

f = 0.045 m (focal length of the lens, which is positive since it is a converging lens)

So we can re-arrange the formula to find q


(1)/(q)=(1)/(f)-(1)/(q)=(1)/(0.045)-(1)/(4.0)=21.97m^(-1)\\f=(1)/(21.97)=0.046 m

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