34.

119: a) People with normal vision cannot focus on distant objects under water
because the image is unable to be focused in a short enough distance to form on the
retina. Equivalently, the radius of curvature of the normal eye is about five or six times
too great for focusing at the retina to occur.
b) When introducing glasses, let’s first consider what happens at the eye:
n a nb nb − n a 1.33 1.40 0.07
+ = ⇒ + = ⇒ s 2 = −3.00 cm. That is, the
s 2 s ′2 R s2 2.6 cm 0.74 cm
object for the cornea must be 3.00 cm behind the cornea. Now, assume the glasses are
2.00 cm in front of the eye, then:
1 1 1 1 1 1
s1′ = 2.00 cm + s 2 = 5.00 cm ⇒ + = ⇒ + = ⇒ f1′ = 5.00 cm.
s1 s1′ f 1′ ∞ 5.00 cm f 1′
 This is the focal length in water, but to get it in air, we use the formula from
 n − nliq   1.52 −1.333 
Problem 34.98: f 1 = f1′  = (5.00 cm )   = 1.34 cm .

 n liq ( n −1) 
 1 . 333 (1 . 52 −1) 