You produce an image of the Sun on a screen using a thin lens whose focal length is 25.6 cm. What is the diameter of the image in millimeters? (Take the radius of the Sun to be 6.96 x 108 m and its distance to Earth to be 1.50 x 1011 m.) Number Units Use correct number of significant digits; the tolerance is +/-2%

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Chapter 34, Problem 045

You produce an image of the Sun on a screen using a thin lens whose focal length is 25.6 cm. What is the diameter of the image in millimeters? (Take the radius of the Sun to be \(6.96 \times 10^8\) m and its distance to Earth to be \(1.50 \times 10^{11}\) m.)

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*Use the correct number of significant digits; the tolerance is ±2%.*
Transcribed Image Text:Chapter 34, Problem 045 You produce an image of the Sun on a screen using a thin lens whose focal length is 25.6 cm. What is the diameter of the image in millimeters? (Take the radius of the Sun to be \(6.96 \times 10^8\) m and its distance to Earth to be \(1.50 \times 10^{11}\) m.) \[ \text{Number:} \, \_\_\_\_ \quad \text{Units:} \, \_\_\_\_ \] *Use the correct number of significant digits; the tolerance is ±2%.*
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