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IP You are comfortably reading a book at a distance of 24

Chapter 27, Problem 39P

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Problem 39P

IP You are comfortably reading a book at a distance of 24 cm. (a) What is the refractive power of your eyes? (b) Does the refractive power of your eyes increase or decrease when you move the book farther away? Explain. (For the purposes of this problem, treat the eye as a single-lens system, with the retina 2.40 cm from the lens.)

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QUESTION:

Problem 39P

IP You are comfortably reading a book at a distance of 24 cm. (a) What is the refractive power of your eyes? (b) Does the refractive power of your eyes increase or decrease when you move the book farther away? Explain. (For the purposes of this problem, treat the eye as a single-lens system, with the retina 2.40 cm from the lens.)

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(a) Calculate the refractive power of the eyes.

The refractive power is the inverse of the focal length. Hence, we can find the focal length by solving the thin-lens equation for . These yields,

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