College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 23, Problem 4P
* You are 1.8 m tall. Where should you place the top of a mirror on the wall so you can see the top of your head? Where should you stand with respect to the wall?
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(a) A...Ch. 23 - * BIO Age-related vision changes A 35-year-old...Ch. 23 - 5.7 Looking at an aphid You examine an aphid on a...Ch. 23 - 58. * Reading with a magnifying glass You examine...Ch. 23 - 59. * Seeing an image with a magnifying glass A...Ch. 23 - * Stamp collector A stamp collector is viewing a...Ch. 23 - * You place a +20-cm focal length convex lens at a...Ch. 23 - 62. * You place a +25-cm focal length convex lens...Ch. 23 - * EST You place a candle 10 cm in front of a...Ch. 23 - 64. * EST Repeat Problem 23.63 for an object...Ch. 23 - ** You measure the focal length of a concave lens...Ch. 23 - 66.** Telescope A telescope consists of a +4.0-cm...Ch. 23 - 67. ** Yerkes telescope The world’s largest...Ch. 23 - * Telescope A telescope consisting of a +3.0-cm...Ch. 23 - 69. *** Design a telescope You are marooned on a...Ch. 23 - * Microscope A microscope has a +0.50-cm objective...Ch. 23 - 71. ** BIO Dissecting microscope A dissecting...Ch. 23 - *** Microscope A microscope has an objective lens...Ch. 23 - 73. ** Microscope Determine the lens separation...Ch. 23 - * Figure P23.75 shows three cases of the primary...Ch. 23 - Prob. 78GPCh. 23 - ** Two-lens camera A two-lens camera (see Figure...Ch. 23 - **You have a small spherically shaped bottle made...Ch. 23 - BIO Find a farsighted person. 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