BIO People with normal vision cannot focus their eyes

Chapter 34, Problem 34.119

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People with normal vision cannot focus their eyes underwater if they aren’t wearing a face mask or goggles and there is water in contact with their eyes (see Discussion Question Q34.23).

(a) Why not?

(b) With the simplified model of the eye described in Exercise 34.52, what corrective lens (specified by focal length as measured in air) would be needed to enable a person underwater to focus an infinitely distant object? (Be careful—the focal length of a lens underwater is not the same as in air! See Problem 34.98. Assume that the corrective lens has a refractive index of 1.62 and that the lens is used in eyeglasses, not goggles, so there is water on both sides of the lens. Assume that the eyeglasses are 2.00 cm in front of the eye.)

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