Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 1, Chapters 1-22
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
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Chapter 36, Problem 36.16P
Why is the following situation impossible? At a blind corner in an outdoor shopping mall, a convex mirror is mounted so pedestrians can see around the corner before arriving there and bumping into someone traveling in the perpendicular direction. The installers of the mirror failed to take into account the position of the Sun, and the mirror focuses the Sun’s rays on a nearby bush and sets it on fire.
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Chapter 36 Solutions
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 1, Chapters 1-22
Ch. 36 - You are standing approximately 2 m away from a...Ch. 36 - You wish to start a fire by reflecting sunlight...Ch. 36 - Consider the image in the mirror in Figure 35.14....Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.4QQCh. 36 - Prob. 36.5QQCh. 36 - What is the focal length of a pane of window...Ch. 36 - A camera can be modeled as a simple converging...Ch. 36 - Two campers wish to start a fire during the day....Ch. 36 - The faceplate of a diving mask can be ground into...Ch. 36 - Lulu looks at her image in a makeup mirror. lt is...
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At a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.17PCh. 36 - A certain Christmas tree ornament is a silver...Ch. 36 - (a) A concave spherical mirror forms an inverted...Ch. 36 - (a) A concave spherical mirror forms ail inverted...Ch. 36 - An object 10.0 cm tall is placed at the zero mark...Ch. 36 - A concave spherical mirror has a radius of...Ch. 36 - A dedicated sports car enthusiast polishes the...Ch. 36 - A convex spherical mirror has a focal length of...Ch. 36 - A spherical mirror is to be used to form an image...Ch. 36 - Review. A ball is dropped at t = 0 from rest 3.00...Ch. 36 - You unconsciously estimate the distance to an...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.28PCh. 36 - One end of a long glass rod (n = 1.50) is formed...Ch. 36 - A cubical block of ice 50.0 cm on a side is placed...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.31PCh. 36 - Prob. 36.32PCh. 36 - A flint glass, plate rests on the bottom of an...Ch. 36 - Figure P35.20 (page 958) shows a curved surface...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.35PCh. 36 - Prob. 36.36PCh. 36 - A goldfish is swimming at 2.00 cm/s toward the...Ch. 36 - A thin lens has a focal length of 25.0 cm. Locate...Ch. 36 - An object located 32.0 cm in front of a lens forms...Ch. 36 - An object is located 20.0 cm to the left of a...Ch. 36 - The projection lens in a certain slide projector...Ch. 36 - An objects distance from a converging lens is 5.00...Ch. 36 - A contact lens is made of plastic with an index of...Ch. 36 - A converging lens has a focal length of 10.0 cm....Ch. 36 - A converging lens has a focal length of 10.0 cm....Ch. 36 - A diverging lens has a focal length of magnitude...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.47PCh. 36 - Suppose an object has thickness dp so that it...Ch. 36 - The left face of a biconvex lens has a radius of...Ch. 36 - In Figure P35.30, a thin converging lens of focal...Ch. 36 - An antelope is at a distance of 20.0 m from a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.52PCh. 36 - A 1.00-cm-high object is placed 4.00 cm to the...Ch. 36 - The magnitudes of the radii of curvature are 32.5...Ch. 36 - Two rays traveling parallel to the principal axis...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.56PCh. 36 - Figure 35.34 diagrams a cross section of a camera....Ch. 36 - Josh cannot see objects clearly beyond 25.0 cm...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.59PCh. 36 - A person sees clearly wearing eyeglasses that have...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.61PCh. 36 - A certain childs near point is 10.0 cm; her far...Ch. 36 - A person is to be fitted with bifocals. She can...Ch. 36 - A simple model of the human eye ignores its lens...Ch. 36 - A patient has a near point of 45.0 cm and far...Ch. 36 - A lens that has a focal length of 5.00 cm is used...Ch. 36 - The distance between the eyepiece and the...Ch. 36 - The refracting telescope at the Yerkes Observatory...Ch. 36 - A certain telescope has an objective mirror with...Ch. 36 - Astronomers often take photographs with the...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.71APCh. 36 - A real object is located at the zero end of a...Ch. 36 - The distance between an object and its upright...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.74APCh. 36 - Andy decides to use an old pair of eyeglasses to...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.76APCh. 36 - The lens and mirror in Figure P36.77 are separated...Ch. 36 - Two converging lenses having focal lengths of f1 =...Ch. 36 - Figure P36.79 shows a piece of glass with index of...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.80APCh. 36 - The object in Figure P36.81 is midway between the...Ch. 36 - In many applications, it is necessary to expand or...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.83APCh. 36 - Prob. 36.84APCh. 36 - Two lenses made of kinds of glass having different...Ch. 36 - Why is the following situation impossible?...Ch. 36 - An object is placed 12.0 cm to the left of a...Ch. 36 - An object is placed a distance p to the left of a...Ch. 36 - An observer to the right of the mirror-lens...Ch. 36 - In a darkened room, a burning candle is placed...Ch. 36 - Prob. 36.91APCh. 36 - An object 2.00 cm high is placed 40.0 cm to the...Ch. 36 - Assume the intensity of sunlight is 1.00 kW/m2 at...Ch. 36 - A zoom lens system is a combination of lenses that...Ch. 36 - Figure P36.95 shows a thin converging lens for...Ch. 36 - A floating strawberry illusion is achieved with...Ch. 36 - Consider the lensmirror arrangement shown in...
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