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Chapter 34: Q. 69 (page 993)

A lightbulb is 3.0 m from a wall. What are the focal length and the position (measured from the bulb) of a lens that will form an image on the wall that is twice the size of the lightbulb?

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The focal length is 67 cm and the position of the lens is 100 cm from the lightbulb.

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Step 1. Given information is :Distance between light bulb and the wall = 3.0 mImage of the light bulb is twice it's size h' = 2h

We need to find out the focal length and the position of the lens.

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Step 2. Applying the concept of magnification

M=h'hh'=2hM=2hh=2

Magnification in terms of image and object distance can be represented as :

M=-s'sWeknowthat,s+s'=300cms'=300cm-sM=-300cm-ss-2=-300cm-ss2s=300cm-s3s=300cms=100cmTherefore,s'=300-s=300cm-100cm=200cm

Now, Using thin lens formula,

1s+1s'=1f1f=s'+sss'f=ss's'+sf=(100cm)(200cm)200cm+100cmf=2000cm300cm=67cm

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