Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 27 - Optical Instruments - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 972: 76

Answer

$10.6^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required angular size of the moon as follows: $\theta^{\circ}=(\frac{f_{obj}}{f_e})\theta $ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\theta^{\prime}=(\frac{53cm}{2.5cm})(0.50^{\circ})$ $\theta^{\prime}=10.6^{\circ}$
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