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A 6 cm object is 15 cm from a convex lens that has a focal length of 5 cm. What is the distance of the image from the lens, to the nearest hundredth?

–33.33 cm
–7.69 cm
7.69 cm
33.33 cm

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C.) 7.69 cm

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So we want to know what is the distance d of the object from the lens if the height of the object is h=6 cm, focal length of the lens is f=5 cm and the distance d=15 cm is the distance of the object from the lens. From the formula for the convex lens 1/f=(1/D + 1/d) where D is the distance of the image from the lens we can get D after solving for D: 1/D=(1/f) - (1/d),
1/D=(1/5)-(1/15)=0.2-0,06667=0.13333 so f=1/0.13333=7.500187 cm. Rounded to the nearest hundredth D=7.50 cm. That is very close to 7.69 cm so the correct answer is the third one.
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