Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 27 - Optical Instruments - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 970: 24

Answer

$1.65~diopters$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required refractive power as follows: $P=\frac{1}{f_1}+\frac{1}{f_2}$ $\implies P=P_1+P_2$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $P=4.00~diopters+(-2.35)~diopters$ $\implies P=1.65~diopters$
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