HW #2

Due date 15/12

Q1. pedrotti ch2_q10. A glass hemisphere is silvered over its curved surface. A
small air bubble in the glass is located on the central axis through the
hemisphere 5 cm from the plane surface. The radius of curvature of the
spherical surface is 7.5 cm, and the glass has an index of 1.50. Looking along
the axis into the plane surface, one sees two images of the bubble. How do
they arise and where do they appear?

Q2. pedrotti ch2_q11 A concave mirror forms an image on a screen twice as largeas the object.
Both object and screen are then moved to produce an image on the screen that is three times the
size of the object. If the screen is moved 75 cm in the process, how far is the object moved? What is
the focal length of the mirror?

Q3. pedrotti ch2_q13 a. At what position in front of a spherical refracting surface must an object
be placed so that the refraction produces parallel rays of light? In other words, what is the focal
length of a single refracting surface?
Q4. . pedrotti ch2_q 16 A plano-convex lens having a focal length of 25.0 cm is to be made with
glass of refractive index 1.520. Calculate the radius of curvature of the grinding and polishing
tools to be used in making this lens.
Q5. pedrotti ch2_q 18 One side of a fish tank is built using a large-aperture thin lens made of
glass The lens is equiconvex, with radii of curvature 30 cm. A small fish in the tank is 20 cm
from the lens. Where does the fish appear when viewed through the lens? What is its
magnification?
Q6. pedrotti ch2_q 21 An eyepiece is made of two thin lenses each of focal length, separated by a
distance of 16 mm. Where must a small object be positioned so that light from the object is
rendered parallel by the combination?
Q7. pedrotti ch2_q 24 A convex thin lens with refractive index of 1.50 has a focal length of 30
cm in air. When immersed in a certain transparent liquid, it becomes a negative lens with a focal
length of 188 cm. Determine the refractive index of the liquid.
Q8. pedrotti ch2_q 26 Three thin lenses of focal lengths 10 cm, 20 cm, and are placed in contact
to form a single compound lens. Determine the powers of the individual lenses and that of the
unit, in diopters.
Q9. pedrotti ch2_q 31 Show that the minimum distance between an object and its image, formed
by a thin lens, is 4f. When does this occur?
2 A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. What is the position (in cm) of the
resulting image if the image is inverted and four times smaller than the object?
ans 25

4. A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. What is the position (in cm) of the object if
the image is upright and is two times larger than the object?
ans 10

6. A convex mirror has a focal length of –20 cm. What is the object distance if the image
distance is –10 cm?
ans 20

9. An object 4 cm high is placed 15 cm in front of a convex mirror with a focal length of –10
cm. What is the image position (in cm)?
ans -6

14. The actual depth of a shallow pool 1.0 m deep is not the same as the apparent depth seen
when you look straight down at the pool from above. How deep (in cm) will it appear to
be? (nwater = 1.33.)

ans 75

17. A plane convex lens is made of glass (n = 1.5) with one flat surface and the other having
a radius of 20 cm. What is the focal length (in cm) of the lens?
ans 40

19. An object 50-cm high is placed 1 m in front of a converging lens whose focal length is 1.5
m. Determine the image height (in cm).
Ans: 150

22. The purpose of prescription glasses for a near-sighted person is to bring distant objects
a. to the far point of the eye
b. to the near point of the eye
c. to the retina of the eye
d. none of the above

ans: A
25. A compound microscope is made with an objective lens (f0 = 0.90 cm) and an eyepiece (f0
= 1.1 cm). The lenses are separated by a distance of 10 cm. If an object is 1.0 cm in front of
the objective lens, where will the final image of the eyepiece be located?
ans -11

Serwa ch 36 q7. A concave spherical mirror has a radius of curvature of 20.0 cm. Find the
location of the image for object distances of (a) 40.0 cm, (b) 20.0 cm, and (c) 10.0 cm. For each
case, state whether the image is real or virtual and upright or inverted. Find the magnification
in each case.

Serwa ch 36 q 21. A cubical block of ice 50.0 cm on a side is placed on a level floor over a
speck of dust. Find the location of the image of the speck as viewed from above. The index of
refraction of ice is 1.309.

Serwa ch 36 q22. A flint glass plate (n = 1.66) rests on the bottom of an aquarium tank. The
plate is 8.00 cm thick (vertical dimension) and is covered with a layer of water (n = 1.33) 12.0 cm
deep. Calculate the apparent thickness of the plate as viewed from straight above the water

Serwa ch 36 q 25. One end of a long glass rod (n = 1.50) is formed into a convex surface with
a radius of curvature of 6.00 cm. An object is located in air along the axis of the rod. Find the
image positions corresponding to object distances of (a) 20.0 cm, (b) 10.0 cm, and (c) 3.00 cm
from the end of the rod.

Serwa ch 36 q27. A goldfish is swimming at 2.00 cm/s toward the front wall of a
rectangular aquarium. What is the apparent speed of the fish measured by an observer looking
in from outside the front wall of the tank? The index of refraction of water is 1.33.

Serwa ch 36 q29. The left face of a biconvex lens has a radius of curvature of magnitude
12.0 cm, and the right face has a radius of curvature of magnitude 18.0 cm. The index of
refraction of the glass is 1.44. (a) Calculate the focal length of the lens. (b) What If? Calculate the
focal length the lens has after is turned around to interchange the radii of curvature of the two
faces.

Serwa ch 36 q50. A lens that has a focal length of 5.00 cm is used as a magnifying glass. (a)
To obtain maximum magnification, where should the object be placed? (b) What is the
magnification?
Serwa ch 36 q 51. The distance between eyepiece and objective lens in a certain compound
microscope is 23.0 cm. The focal length of the eyepiece is 2.50 cm, and that of the objective is
0.400 cm. What is the overall magnification of the microscope?

Serwa ch 36 q 52.The desired overall magnification of a compound microscope is 140×. The

objective alone produces a lateral magnification of 12.0×. Determine the required focal length of
the eyepiece.

Serwa ch 36 q 67. An object is placed 12.0 cm to the left of a diverging lens with focal length
–6.00 cm. A converging lens of focal length 12.0 cm is placed a distance d to the right of the
diverging lens. Find the distance d so that the final image is at infinity. Draw a ray diagram for
this case.

Serwa ch 36 q 72. Figure P36.72 shows a thin converging lens for which the radii of
curvature are R1 = 9.00 cm and R2 = –11.0 cm. The lens is in front of a concave spherical mirror
with the radius of curvature R = 8.00 cm. (a) Assume its focal points F1 and F2 are 5.00 cm from
the center of the lens. Determine its index of refraction. (b) The lens and mirror are 20.0 cm
apart, and an object is placed 8.00 cm to the left of the lens. Determine the position of the final
image and its magnification as seen by the eye in the figure. (c) Is the final image inverted or
upright? Explain.