Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
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Chapter 23 - Light: Geometric Optics - Problems - Page 675: 55

Answer

$d_o=64.7cm$ $d_o=21.3cm$

Work Step by Step

$d_i+d_o=86cm$ $d_i=\frac{1}{\frac{1}{f}-\frac{1}{d_o}}=\frac{1}{\frac{1}{16.0cm}-\frac{1}{86cm-d_i}}=\frac{1376-16d_i}{70cm-d_i}$ $70d_i-d_i^2=1376-16d_i$ $d_i^2-86d_i+1376=0$ $d_i=21.3cm$ $d_i=64.7cm$ $d_o=64.7cm$ $d_o=21.3cm$
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