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2.8 Exercise 23

Avg difficulty 2.5

Unless otherwise stated, the lens-to-retina distance is 2.00 cm.

Parallel rays from a faraway source strike a converging lens of focal length 20 cm at an angle of 15 degrees with the horizontal direction. Find the vertical position of the real image observed on a screen in the focal plane.

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