Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Author: Eugene Hecht
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Chapter 38, Problem 26SP
A 1.0-cm-tall object is placed in front of a thin converging lens of focal length 200 cm. The image is right-side-up and 2.0 cm tall. Write an expression for the image distance in terms of the object distance. [Hint: Study Eq. (38.2).]
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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