Question

A convex mirror has a magnification of 16.6 and the mirror has a height of 5.3 cm. What is the height of the object in cm?Answer will have 2 decimal places and might not follow rules of sig figs.

Answer 1

So for these problems, we are going to need to use the formula

M = image height / object height

in this case, M = 16.6 and the image height is 5.3 cm

Plugging in the numbers, we get 16.6 = 5.3 cm / object height

object height = 5.3/16.6

the object is .3192... cm

rounding to 2 decimal places, the answer is .32 cm