College Physics : Optics

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Example Question #71 :College Physics

For most people, the nearest distance that objects can be located away from the eye and still seen clearly is. This is referred to as the near point; if the object comes any closer, the object cannot be seen clearly. Suppose that a person who needs glasses cannot see objects clearly if they are closer thanfrom the eye; that is to say, their near point is. A lens with what refractive power is needed in order to correct this person's vision to bring their near point to?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

For this question, we're given the definition of near point. We're told what the near point is in the average person, and also the near point for a certain person who can't see well and needs glasses. We're asked to find the refractive power of a lens that will bring this individual's near point to the average, healthy value.

就像在茎的问题,近点is the closest distance of an object from the eye where that object can still be seen clearly. In the question, we're told that the normal value for this is. Moreover, a person with a near point ofmeans that the object will need to be twice as far away, and no closer, to be seen clearly. Thus, in order to correct for this, a lens will be needed.

The idea is to be able to make the individual see things clearly when objects are located走了。To accomplish this, a lens will need to diffract the light coming from an object走了。This diffracted light will then need to form an imageaway, which is where this particular individual's near point is.

With this information in hand, we can use the lens-makers equation to solve for the refractive power of the lens.

We know that the object will be located a distance of走了。此外,图像will need to form at a distance of走了。However, since the image is forming on the same side of the lens that the object is located, the image will be virtual. Thus, the value used in the equation will be.

一个lso, remember that to find refractive power, we'll need to have our units be in meters.

Furthermore, recall that refractive power is equal to the inverse of focal length.

Hence, the power of the refractive lens will need to bediopters to correct this person's near point.

Example Question #1 :Electromagnetics, Waves, And Optics

一个convex lens connected to a projector projects an image onto a board of an object that isaway from the lens. If the object istall and the inverted image istall, what is the focal length of the projector lens?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this one will require two equations. First, to find focal length, you will need the lens equation.

But we are only given the object distance, not the image distance. So to find that we need to know the relationship between magnification and object and image distances.

Plug in the quantities we know.

(remember it was inverted)

. Then solve forwhich is. So the projector would sit that far from the board.

Now finally we can find the focal length of this lens.

Plugging in:

Solving forgives a focal length ofor

Example Question #1 :Electromagnetics, Waves, And Optics

一个n object locatedaway from a convex lens whose focal point isproduces an image located at what distance away from the lens?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

For this question, we'll need to use the thin lens equation in order to determine the image distance from the lens.

Because this is a convex lens, the refracted light will form an image on the side of the lens where light is expected to go (real image). Thus, we know that the focal length should be a positive value. Moreover, the object distance is also positive.

Rearranging the above equation, we can isolate the term for image distance.

Then we can plug in the values given to us in the question stem.

一个nd finally we take the inverse of this value to arrive at the correct answer.

Example Question #1 :Snell's Law And Index Of Refraction

一个light ray is traveling through air hits a transparent material at an angle offrom the normal. It is then refracted at. What is the speed of light in the material?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This problem requires Snell's Law and the corresponding equation:

We know that the index of refraction of air is:

We also know that:

and

Now we can plug in these values into the Snell's Law equation to find the index of refraction for the transparent material.

Finally, we need to calculate the speed of light moving through this transparent material now that we know the index of refraction for it. To do that, we need to use this equation:

Whereis the speed of light andis the index of refraction. We plug in our known values and get:

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