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indie452
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Homework Statement
the question is attached
The Attempt at a Solution
ok so a and b i can do but c), i donts know whether my answer is right and I am a little confused about the conceptual idea...
so first thing i did was found the radius of curvature using the lens maker equ using the original setup in air...this i found to be 16cm... [note r1 = -r2]
next i found the focal length in the water situation (i know it doesn't ask for it but still)...this i found to be -81.8cm...
this confuses me cause i thought that only concave lens had negative focal lengths and this is a concave lens...also can the focal length be greater than the radius in a lens? i think it can but can't find anywhere that confirms this...
now to find the image distance s' ... 1/f = 1/s + 1/s'
i got s' = -37.73cm
then magnification i can do but is what I've done ok?
also can you have a diverging lens that is concave if the object is infront of the focal length? cause that is the only reason that i can think for the focal length to be negative...
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