Lens and Mirror Equation
Solve each problem with the lens and mirror equation and ray tracing. Each ray diagram must have at least two principle rays.
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A 0.10 meter high object is placed 10.0 cm in front of a convex lens with a focal length of 5.0 cm. What is the image distance? What is the magnification? Draw a ray diagram for this situation.
- A 0.20 meter high object is placed 25 cm in front of a concave lens with a focal length of -5.0 cm. What is the image distance? What is the magnification? Draw a ray diagram for this situation.
- A 0.12 meter high object is placed 30.0 cm in front of a concave mirror with a focal length of 10.0 cm. What is the image distance? What is the magnification? Draw a ray diagram for this situation.
- A 0.05 meter high object is placed 5.0 cm in front of a convex mirror with a focal length of -10.0 cm.. What is the image distance? What is the magnification? Draw a ray diagram for this situation.

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