College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 24 - Conceptual Questions - Page 934: 8

Answer

Glass B has the longer focal length.

Work Step by Step

The angular magnification (M) is the ratio of the size of the image to the size of the object. A larger angular magnification corresponds to a smaller size of the object, therefore a larger focal length is required to achieve that.
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