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Chapter 34 Problem 109

Question

In Fig. 34-54, a fish watcher at point P watches a fish through a glass wall of a fish tank. The watcher is level with the fish; the index of refraction of the glass is 8/5, and that of the water is 4/3. The distances are d1 ! 8.0 cm, d2 ! 3.0 cm, and d3 ! 6.8 cm. (a) To the fish, how far away does the watcher appear to be? (Hint: The watcher is the object. Light from that object passes through the walls outside surface, which acts as a refracting surface. Find the image produced by that surface. Then treat that image as an object whose light passes through the walls inside surface, which acts as another refracting surface.) (b) To the watcher, how far away does the fish appear to be?

Solution

Problem 109

In figure, a fish watcher at point P watches a fish through a glass wall of a fish tank. The watcher is level with the fish; the index of refraction of the glass is 8/5, and that of the water is 4/3. The distances are  = 8.0 cm,  = 3.0 cm, and  = 6.8 cm.

(a) To the fish, how far away does the watcher appear to be? (Hint: The watcher is the object. Light from that object passes through the walls outside the surface, which acts as a refracting surface. Find the image produced by that surface. Then treat that image as an object whose light passes through the walls inside the surface, which acts as another refracting surface.)

(b) To the watcher, how far away does the fish appear to be?

                                                   

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(a)

The image is figured using the equation

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With  (using the round-off value for air) and

 

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Title Fundamentals of Physics 10 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9781118230725

In Fig. 34-54, a fish watcher at point P watches a fish

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