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Sunlight passing through a pinhole in a piece of card casts a solar image on the ground. If the card is held so the image exactly covers a coin, measurements will show you could fit 110 coins between the image and the card. This further tells you
 
  A) 110 Suns would fit between the top of the card and the Sun.
  B) that this activity is useful for estimating the Sun's diameter.
  C) both of these
  D) neither of these

Question 2

Magnification by a lens would be greater if light
 
  A) propagated instantaneously.
  B) traveled faster in glass than it does.
  C) traveled slower in glass than it does.
  D) beams spread less.
  E) none of the above



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




mia

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Excellent


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Gracias!

 

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