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Chapter 35, Problem 22P
You are working for a solar energy company. Your supervisor has asked you to investigate a new idea that has been proposed for a solar collector. A large sphere of glass focuses light on photocells, as shown in Figure P35.22. The photocells are moved by electronics along the curved track to the right of the sphere. Your supervisor would like to build a prototype of a material with index of refraction n, but needs for you to calculate the position at which the Sun’s rays focus and, therefore, to find where to locale the curved track.
Figure P35.22
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PHYSICS:F/SCI.+ENGRS.(LL)-W/WEBASSIGN
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