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college physics a strategic approach 2nd
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College Physics A Strategic Approach 2nd
A double-slit interference experiment shows fringes on a screen. The entire experiment is then immersed in water. Do the fringes on the screen get closer together, farther apart, remain the same, or
Figure Q17.5 shows the fringes observed in a double-slit interference experiment when the two slits are illuminated by white light. The central maximum is white, but as we move away from the central
How much time does it take a pulse of light to travel through 150 m of water?
In a double-slit interference experiment, interference fringes are observed on a distant screen. The width of both slits is then doubled without changing the distance between their centers. a. What
Figure Q17.7 shows the viewing screen in a double-slit experiment with monochromatic light. Fringe C is the central maximum.a. What will happen to the fringe spacing if the wave-length of the light
Two narrow slits 50 μm apart are illuminated with light of wavelength 500 nm. What is the angle of the m = 2 bright fringe in radians? In degrees?
Consider a point P on the viewing screen of a double slit interference experiment. This point is 75% of the way from the center of the 3rd bright fringe to the center of the 4th bright fringe. If the
A soap bubble usually pops because some part of it becomes too thin due to evaporation or drainage of fluid. The change in thickness also changes the color of light the bubble reflects. Why?
A diffraction grating with 750 slits/mm is illuminated by light that gives a first-order diffraction angle of 34.0. What is the wavelength of the light?
Light passes through a diffraction grating with a slit spacing of 0.001 mm. A viewing screen is 100 cm behind the grating. If the light is blue, with a wavelength of 450 nm, at about what distance
Blue light of wavelength 450 nm passes through an interference grating with a slit spacing of 0.001 mm and makes an interference pattern on the wall. How many bright fringes will be seen? A. 1 B.
Yellow light of wavelength 590 nm passes through a diffraction grating and makes an interference pattern on a screen 80 cm away. The first bright fringes are 1.9 cm from the center of the pattern.
Light passes through a 10-μm-wide slit and is viewed on a screen 1 m behind the slit. If the width of the slit is narrowed, the band of light on the screen will.A. Become narrower. B. Become
Blue light of wavelength 450 nm passes through a 0.20-mm-wide slit and illuminates a screen 1.2 m away. How wide is the central maximum of the diffraction pattern? A. 1.2 mm B. 2.0 mmC. 2.7 mmD.
A green laser beam of wavelength 540 nm passes through a pinhole and illuminates a dartboard 3.0 m past the pinhole. The first minimum in the intensity coincides with the ring surrounding the
A thin film of MgF2 (n = 1.38) coats a piece of glass. Constructive interference is observed for the reflection of light with wavelengths of 500 nm and 625 nm. What is the thinnest film for which
Your friend has been given a laser for her birthday. Unfortunately, she did not receive a manual with it and so she doesn't know the wavelength that it emits. You help her by performing a double-slit
A laser beam, with a wavelength of 532 nm, is directed exactly perpendicular to a screen having two narrow slits spaced 0.15 mm apart. Interference fringes, including a central maximum, are observed
A soap bubble is essentially a thin film of water surrounded by air. The colors you see in soap bubbles are produced by interference. What visible wavelengths of light are strongly reflected from a
The idea of light rays goes back to the ancient Greeks. How- ever, they believed that "visual rays" were emitted by eyes. If you were transported back in time, what arguments would you present to
A 5.0-ft-tall girl stands on level ground. The sun is 25° above the horizon. How long is her shadow?
Is there any property that distinguishes a light ray emitted by a light bulb and one that has been diffusely reflected by the page of a book? Explain.
A 10-cm-diameter disk emits light uniformly from its surface. 20 cm from this disk, along its axis, is an 8.0-cm-diameter opaque black disk; the faces of the two disks are parallel. 20 cm beyond the
Can you see the rays from the sun on a clear day? Why or why not? How about when they stream through a forest on a foggy morning? Why or why not?
If you take a walk on a summer night along a dark, unpaved road in the woods, with a flashlight pointing at the ground several yards ahead to guide your steps, any water-filled potholes are
In Manet's A Bar at the Folies Bergre (see Figure Q18.8) the reflection of the barmaid is visible in the mirror behind her. Is this the reflection you would expect if the mirror's surface is parallel
Explain why ambulances have the word "AMBULANCE" written backward on the front of them.
A student ray diagram Figure Q18.13 but forgets to label the object, the image, or the type of lens used. Using the diagram, draws draws the shown in explain whether the lens is converging or
A laser beam in air is incident on a liquid at an angle of 37° with respect to the normal. The laser beam's angle in the liquid is 26°. What is the liquid's index of refraction?
A diamond is underwater. A light ray enters one face of the diamond, then travels at an angle of 30° with respect to the nor-mal. What was the ray's angle of incidence on the diamond?
You are 2.4 m from a plane mirror, and you would like to take a picture of yourself in the mirror. You need to manually adjust the focus of the camera by dialing in the distance to what you are
A real image of an object can be formed by A. A converging lens. B. A plane mirror. C. A convex mirror. D. Any of the above.
An object is 40 cm from a converging lens with a focal length of 30 cm. A real image is formed on the other side of the lens, 120 cm from the lens. What is the magnification?A. 2D B. 3.0 C. 4D D.
A dentist uses a curved mirror to view the back side of teeth on the upper jaw. Suppose she wants an erect image with a magnification of 2.0 when the mirror is 1.2 cm from a tooth. (Treat this
An object is 50 cm from a diverging lens with a focal length of -20 cm. How far from the lens is the image, and on which side of the lens is it? A. 14 cm, on the same side as the object B. 14 cm,
An object is 6 cm in front of a convex mirror with a focal length of 10 cm. Use ray tracing to determine the location of the image. Is the image upright or inverted? Is it real or virtual?
Starting 3.5 m from a department store mirror, Suzanne walks toward the mirror at 1.5 m/s for 2.0 s. How far is Suzanne from her image in the mirror after 2.0 s?
Figure P18.43 shows a light ray incident on a polished metal cylinder. At what angle θ will the ray be reflected? FIGURE P18.43 R J R2
You slowly back away from a plane mirror at a speed of 0.10 m/s. With what speed does your image appear to be moving away from you?
You shine your laser pointer through the flat glass side of a rectangular aquarium at an angle of incidence of 45°. The index of refraction of this type of glass is 1.55. a. At what angle from the
A ray of light traveling through air encounters a 1.2-cm-thick sheet of glass at a 35° angle of incidence. How far does the light ray travel in the glass before emerging on the far side?
If you look at a fish through the corner of a rectangular aquarium you sometimes see two fish, one on each side of the corner, as shown in Figure P18.49. Sketch some of the light rays that reach your
What is the angle of incidence in air of a light ray whose angle of refraction in glass is half the angle of incidence?
What is the smallest angle θ1, for which a laser beam will undergo total internal reflection on the hypotenuse of the glass prism in Figure P18.54?Figure P18.54 30° 60% 09
A swimmer looks upward from the bottom of a 3.0-m-deep swimming pool. The end of the diving board is directly above him, 2.0 m above the water's surface. How far from the swimmer does the board
A microscope is focused on an amoeba. When a 0.15-mm- thick cover glass (n = 1.50) is placed over the amoeba, by how far must the microscope objective be moved to bring the organ- ism back into
A ray diagram can be used to find the location of an object if you are given the location of its image and the focal length of the mirror. Draw a ray diagram to find the height and position of an
The image produced by a converging lens is typically a different size from the object itself. However, for a lens with focal length of there is one object distance that will yield an image the same
A 2.0-cm-tall object is located 8.0 cm in front of a converging lens with a focal length of 10 cm. Use ray tracing to deter- mine the location and height of the image. Is the image upright or
A near-sighted person might correct his vision by wearing diverging lenses with focal length f = -50 cm. When wearing his glasses, he looks not at actual objects but at the virtual images of those
A 1.0-cm-tall object is 20 cm in front of a converging lens that has a 10 cm focal length. Use ray tracing to find the position and height of the image. To do this accurately, use a ruler or paper
A 2.0-cm-tall object is 20 cm in front of a converging lens that has a 60 cm focal length. Use ray tracing to find the position and height of the image. To do this accurately, use a ruler or paper
A 1.0-cm-tall object is 7.5 cm in front of a diverging lens that has a 10 cm focal length. Use ray tracing to find the position and height of the image. To do this accurately, use a ruler or paper
A 1.6-m-tall woman stands 2.0 m in front of a convex fun house mirror with a focal length of 2/3 m. Use ray tracing to determine the location and height of her image.
A 2.0-cm-diameter spider is 2.0 m from a wall. Determine the focal length and position (measured from the wall) of a lens that will make a half-size image of the spider on the wall.
On a sunny summer day, with the sun overhead, you can stand under a tree and look on the ground at the pattern of light that has passed through gaps between the leaves. You may see illuminated
The human eye has a lot in common with a pinhole camera, being essentially a small box with a hole in the front (the pupil) and "film" at the back (the retina). The distance from the pupil to the
A student has built a 20-cm-long pinhole camera for a science fair project. She wants to photograph the Washington Monument, which is 167 m (550 ft) tall, and to have the image on the film be 5.0 cm
A pinhole camera is made from an 80-cm-long box with a small hole in one end. If the hole is 5.0 m from a 1.8-m-tall per- son, how tall will the image of the person on the film be?
Many cameras have a zoom lens. This is a lens whose focal length and distance from the film can be varied. If the camera's exposure is correct when the lens has a focal length of 8.0 mm, will it be
A photographer uses his camera, whose lens has a 50 mm focal length, to focus on an object 2.0 m away. He then wants to take a picture of an object that is 40 cm away. How far, and in which
A nature photographer taking a close-up shot of an insect replaces the standard lens on his camera with a lens that has a shorter focal length and is positioned farther from the film. Explain why he
A camera takes a perfectly exposed picture when the lens diaphragm is set to f/4 and the shutter speed is 1/250 s. If the diaphragm is changed to f/11, what should the new shutter speed be so that
In Figure P19.6 the camera lens has a 50 mm focal length. How high is the man's well-focused image on the film? FIGURE P19.6 Camera 10 m 2.0 m
The CCD detector in a certain camera has a width of 8 mm. The photographer realizes that with the lens she is currently using, she can't fit the entire landscape she is trying to photograph into her
All humans have what is known as a blind spot, where the optic nerve exits the eye and no light-sensitive cells exist. To locate your blind spot, look at the figure of the cross. Close your left eye
A telephoto lens with focal length of 135 mm has f-numbers ranging from f/2.8 to f/22. What is the diameter of the lens aperture at these two f-numbers?
You have lenses with the following focal lengths: f = 25 mm, 50 mm, 100 mm, and 200 mm. Which lens or pair of lenses would you use, and in what arrangement, to get the highest- power magnifier,
A farsighted person has a near point of 50 cm rather than the normal 25 cm. What strength lens, in diopters, should be pre- scribed to correct this vision problem?
An 8-year-old child and a 75-year-old man both use the same magnifier to observe a bug. For whom does the magnifier more likely have the higher magnification? Explain.
A nearsighted woman has a far point of 300 cm. What kind of lens, converging or diverging, should be prescribed for her to see distant objects more clearly? What power should the lens have?
The relaxed human eye is about 2 cm from front to back. If the iris of the human eye can be opened to 7 mm at its widest, what is the f-number of the human eye?
The near point for your myopic uncle is 10 cm. Your own vision is normal; that is, your near point is 25 cm. Suppose you and your uncle hold dimes (which are 1.7 cm in diameter) at your respective
A pair of binoculars has a magnification of 7X. What would be their magnification if you were to look through them the wrong way, that is, through one of their objective lenses instead of the
For a patient, a doctor prescribes glasses with a converging lens having a power of 4.0 D. a. Is the patient nearsighted or farsighted? b. If the patient is nearsighted, what is the location of her
Is the wearer of the glasses in Figure Q19.14 nearsighted or far- sighted? How can you tell? FIGURE Q19.14
Rank the following people from the most nearsighted to the most farsighted, indicating any ties: A. Bernie has a prescription of +2.0 D. B. Carol needs diverging lenses with a focal length of -0.35
A magnifier has a magnification of 5x. How far from the lens should an object be placed so that its (virtual) image is at the near-point distance of 25 cm?
A farsighted man has a near point of 40 cm. What power lens should he use as a magnifier to see clearly at a distance of 10 cm without wearing his glasses?
An inexpensive microscope has a tube length of 12.0 cm, and its objective lens is labeled with a magnification of 10x.a. Calculate the focal length of the objective lens. b. What focal length
A nearsighted person has a near point of 20 cm and a far point of 40 cm. When he is wearing glasses to correct his distant vision, what is his near point? A. 10 cm B. 20 cm C. 40 cm D. 1.0 m
A standard biological microscope is required to have a magnification of 200x. a. When paired with a 10X eyepiece, what power objective is needed to get this magnification? b. What is the focal
The distance between the objective and eyepiece lenses in a microscope is 20 cm. The objective lens has a focal length of 5.0 mm. What eyepiece focal length will give the microscope an overall
For the combination of two identical lenses shown in Figure P19.24, find the position, size, and orientation of the final image of the 2.0-cm-tall object. FIGURE P19.24 2.0 cm 14 36 cm f = 9.0 cm 15
In a darkened room, red light shines on a red cup, a white card, and a blue toy. The cup, card, and toy will appear, respectively, A. Red, red, blue. B. Red, white, blue. C. Red, red, black. D.
For the combination of two lenses shown in Figure P19.25, find the position, size, and orientation of the final image of the 1.0-cm-tall object. FIGURE P19.25 f = 5.0 cm 1.0 cm 14 4.0 cm f= -8.0
An amateur astronomer looks at the moon through a tele- scope with a 15-cm-diameter objective. What is the minimum separation between two objects on the moon that she can resolve with this telescope?
A researcher is trying to shoot a tranquilizer dart at a 2.0-m- tall rhino that is 150 m away. Its angular size as seen through the rifle telescope is 9.1°. What is the magnification of the
A ray of white light strikes the surface of a 4.0-cm- thick slab of flint glass as shown in Figure P19.31. As the ray enters the glass, it is dispersed into its constituent colors. Estimate how far
The objective lens of the refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory in California has a focal length of 57 ft. a. What is the refractive power of this lens? b. What focal length (mm) eyepiece
A narrow beam of light with wavelengths from 450 nm to 700 nm is incident perpendicular to one face of a 40.00° prism made of crown glass, for which the index of refraction ranges from n = 1.533 to
Jason uses a lens with focal length of 10.0 cm as a magnifier by holding it right up to his eye. He is observing an object that is 8.0 cm from the lens. What is the angular magnification of the lens
A magnifier is labeled "5X." What would its magnification be if used by a person with a near-point distance of 50 cm?
A 20 x microscope objective is designed for use in a microscope with a 16 cm tube length. The objective is marked NA = 0.40. What is the diameter of the objective lens?
A lens with a focal length of 25 cm is placed 40 cm in front of a lens with a focal length of 5.0 cm. How far from the second lens is the final image of an object infinitely far from the first lens?
A microscope with a 5x objective lens images a 1.0-mm- diameter specimen. What is the diameter of the real image of this specimen formed by the objective lens?
Your task in physics lab is to make a microscope from two lenses. One lens has a focal length of 10 cm, the other a focal length of 3.0 cm. You plan to use the more powerful lens as the objective,
A 20X objective and 10x eyepiece give an angular magnification of 200x when used in a microscope with a 160 mm tube length. What magnification would this objective and eyepiece give if used in a
The objective lens and the eyepiece lens of a telescope are 1.0 m apart. The telescope has an angular magnification of 50. Find the focal lengths of the eyepiece and the objective.
Your telescope has an objective lens with a focal length of 1.0 m. You point the telescope at the moon, only to realize that the eyepiece is missing. Even so, you can still see the real image of the
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