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26.5 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

Which of the following is an advantage to using a concave mirror in the construction of a telescope?

  1. The telescope can gather more light than a telescope using lenses.
  2. The telescope does not suffer from chromatic aberration.
  3. The telescope can provide greater magnification than a telescope using lenses.
  1. I and III only
  2. II only
  3. I and II only
  4. I, II, and III

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 26.5 Telescopes, exercise 1

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