Author Question: Lisa Ann is nearsighted with a near point of 75. cm. (a) What FOCAL LENGTH is this? (b) What ... (Read 51 times)

dakota nelson

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Lisa Ann is nearsighted with a near point of 75. cm.
 
  (a) What FOCAL LENGTH is this?
  (b) What POWER lens is needed to correct her nearsightedness (assuming distance from lens to eye is negligible)?

Question 2

Light in a transparent material (index of refraction 1.333 ) strikes the boundary with another transparent material (n = 1.010).
 
  (a) What is the critical angle for total internal reflection?
  (b) By what percent does the wavelength change going from the 1st to the 2nd material?



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Answer to Question 1

(a) -75. cm
(b) -1.33 Diopters

Answer to Question 2

(a) 49.26
(b) 32.0



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