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Chapter 32 Problem 66

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BIOLOGICAL APPLICATION Suppose the eye were designed like a camera that has a lens of fixed focal length equal to that could move toward or away from the retina, has air on both sides of the lens, and has no cornea. Approximately how far would the lens have to move to focus the image of an object from the eye onto the retina? Hint: Find the distance from the retina to the image behind it for an object at Note: 67 through 69 refer to the model of the eye shown in Figure 32-62.

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Title Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6 
Author Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca
ISBN 9781429201247

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATION Suppose the eye were designed like

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