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Simple Nature - Light and Matter

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14 Here’s a game my kids like to play. I sit next to a sunnywindow, <strong>and</strong> the sun reflects from the glass on my watch, making adisk of light on the wall or floor, which they pretend to chase as Imove it around. Is the spot a disk because that’s the shape of thesun, or because it’s the shape of my watch? In other words, woulda square watch make a square spot, or do we just have a circularimage of the circular sun, which will be circular no matter what?15 Apply the equation M = d i /d o to the case of a flat mirror.16 Use the method described in the text to derive the equationrelating object distance to image distance for the case of a virtualimage produced by a converging mirror. ⊲ Solution, p. 93917 Find the focal length of the mirror in problem 6 .18 Rank the focal lengths of the mirrors, from shortest to longest.√Problem 18.19 (a) A converging mirror with a focal length of 20 cm is usedto create an image, using an object at a distance of 10 cm. Is theimage real, or is it virtual? (b) How about f = 20 cm <strong>and</strong> d o = 30cm? (c) What if it was a diverging mirror with f = 20 cm <strong>and</strong>d o = 10 cm? (d) A diverging mirror with f = 20 cm <strong>and</strong> d o = 30cm? ⊲ Solution, p. 94020 (a) Make up a numerical example of a virtual image formed bya converging mirror with a certain focal length, <strong>and</strong> determine themagnification. (You will need the result of problem 16.) Make sureto choose values of d o <strong>and</strong> f that would actually produce a virtualimage, not a real one. Now change the location of the object alittle bit <strong>and</strong> redetermine the magnification, showing that it changes.At my local department store, the cosmetics department sells h<strong>and</strong>mirrors advertised as giving a magnification of 5 times. How wouldyou interpret this?(b) Suppose a Newtonian telescope is being used for astronomicalobserving. Assume for simplicity that no eyepiece is used, <strong>and</strong>assume a value for the focal length of the mirror that would bereasonable for an amateur instrument that is to fit in a closet. Isthe angular magnification different for objects at different distances?For example, you could consider two planets, one of which is twiceas far as the other.21 (a) Find a case where the magnification of a curved mirroris infinite. Is the angular magnification infinite from any realisticviewing position? (b) Explain why an arbitrarily large magnificationcan’t be achieved by having a sufficiently small value of d o .798 Chapter 12 Optics

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