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Chapter 25 Problem 64

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A pinhole camera uses a tiny pinhole instead of a lens. Show, using ray diagrams, how reasonably sharp images can be formed using such a pinhole camera. In particular, consider two point objects 2.0 cm apart that are 1.0 m from a 1.0-mm-diameter pinhole. Show that on a piece of film 7.0 cm behind the pinhole the two objects produce two separate circles that do not overlap

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The first step in solving 25 problem number 64 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: A pinhole camera uses a tiny pinhole instead of a lens. Show, using ray diagrams, how reasonably sharp images can be formed using such a pinhole camera. In particular, consider two point objects 2.0 cm apart that are 1.0 m from a 1.0-mm-diameter pinhole. Show that on a piece of film 7.0 cm behind the pinhole the two objects produce two separate circles that do not overlap
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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

A pinhole camera uses a tiny pinhole instead of a lens.

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