Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 32.1, Problem 1BE
Return to the Chapter-Opening Question, page 837, and answer it again now.
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CHAPTER-OPENING QUESTION—Guess now!
A 2.0-m-tall person is standing 2.0 m from a flat vertical mirror staring at her image. What minimum height must the mirror have it the person is to see her entire body, from the top of her head to her feet?
- (a) 0.50 m.
- (b) 1.0 m.
- (c) 1.5 m.
- (d) 2.0 m.
- (e) 2.5 m.
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Chapter 32 Solutions
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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