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ISBN: 9780321976444

Author: James S. Walker

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 27, Problem 91GP

Consider a Galilean telescope, as illustrated in Figure 27-29, constructed from two lenses with focal lengths of 75.6 cm and −18.0 mm. (a) What is the distance between these lenses if an infinitely distant object is to produce an infinitely distant image? (b) What is the angular magnification when the lenses are separated by the distance calculated in part (a)?

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