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A 2.0-cm-tall candle flame is 2.0 m from a wall. You happen to have a lens with a focal length of 32 cm. How many places can you put the lens to form a well-focused image of the candle flame on the wall? For each location, what are the height and orientation of the image?

Short Answer

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a: 160, 40

b: [8cm, inverted], [0.5cm, inverted]

Step by step solution

01

Given Parameters

Candle Distance from wall = 2m = 200cm

Focal length of lens = 32cm

Flame height = 2cm

02

Solution

Applying Lens formula

1v-1u=1f⇒u-vvu=132

Applying sign convention we know value of 'u' will be negative

⇒-u-vuv=132⇒-(u+v)uv=132⇒-200uv=132{u+v=200cm⇒uv=-6400

Let's call this equation 1,

We also know that sum of object distance and image distance will be equal to distance of candle from wall.

i.e. u + v = 200cm.

Let's call this equation 2.

03

Solving for v and u.

Now we have two equations with two variables, so this can be solved.

Substituting v = u - 200 from equation 2 to equation 1.

u(u-200)=-6400⇒u2-200u+6400=0Solveforuu=160,40

So we can put the lens either at 160 cm away from candle or 40 cm away from candle in order to obtain a sharp image on wall.

04

Part b: Checking for height and orientation.

Now we know m=vu=HeightofimageHeightofobject

For u = 40 (v = 160)

m=160cm-40cm=Heightofimage2cm⇒-4×2cm=heightofimage⇒heightofimage=-8cm

Image is real and inverted.

For u = 160(v = 40)

m=40-160=heightofimage2cm⇒-1×2cm4=heightofimage⇒-0.5cm=heightofimage

Image is real and inverted.

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