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29. Find the focal length (f) of a magnifying glass ifyou can see a diamond clearly when your eye is10 cm away from the glass, and the glass is 3 cmaway from the diamond.

User Konrad Gadzina
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We have the following:


(1)/(f)=(1)/(d)+(1)/(d_0)

replacing:


\begin{gathered} (1)/(f)=(1)/(10)+(1)/(3) \\ (1)/(f)=0.1+0.33 \\ (1)/(f)=0.43 \\ (1)/(0.43)=f \\ f=(1)/(0.43)=2.31 \end{gathered}

the local length is 2.31 cm

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