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Chapter 27 Problem 13P

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Problem 13P

You are taking pictures of the beach at sunset. Just before the Sun sets, a shutter speed of f/11 produces a properly exposed picture. Shortly after the Sun sets, however, your light meter indicates that the scene is only one-quarter as bright as before. (a) If you don't change the aperture, what approximate shutter speed is needed for your second shot? (b) If, instead, you keep the shutter speed at 1/100 s, what approximate f-stop will be needed for the second shot?

Solution

Step 1 of 5

a) The -number is,

The shutter speed of the first shot is

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

You are taking pictures of the beach at sunset. Just

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