Thin Lenses PHY13L – E403

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GUIDE QUESTIONS Answer in complete sentences.

1. Graphing 1/s vs. 1/s’. Instructions

i. Graph 1/s versus 1/s’ using Microsoft Office Excel.
ii. Plot the best fit line using the function “trendline”.
iii. Show the equation and R-square value for the trendline.
iv. Paste your graph here. Make sure you label your graph properly.

Paste your graph here. (a) In your graph, which one is the independent and
dependent variable?
Independent = ____________________________________
Dependent =_______________________________________

(b) What is the value slope of the best fit line? _______________

(c) What is the value of the R-square value of this line?

______________________

(d) What is the value of the y-intercept? _________________

(e) What does the y-intercept represent? ____________________

________________________________________________________________
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2. A thin symmetric lens provides an image of a fingerprint with a magnification of 0.2 when the fingerprint is 1.0 cm farther from the
lens than the focal point of the lens. Based on the sign convention written in the manual,
(a) What is the type of the image? Ans. _________________________
(b) What is the orientation of the image? Ans. ______________________
(c) What is the type of lens? Ans. _________________________

PROBLEM SOLVING Solve the problem below in the given space below. Use the back of this page if you need more space.
A 3-cm high object is in front of a thin lens. The object distance is 4 cm and the image distance is –8 cm.
(a) What is the focal length of the lens and the kind of lens is used?
(b) What is the magnification and height of the image?
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(c) Describe the image in terms of its type, orientation and size relative to the object?

Ernest P. Macalalad, Ph.D.