College Physics: A Strategic Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
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Chapter 19, Problem 2P
A student has built a 20-cm-long pinhole camera for a science fair project. She wants to photograph the Washington Monument, which is 167 m (550ft) tall, and to have the image on the detector be 5.0 cm high. How far should she stand from the Washington Monument?
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