A contact lens is made of plastic with an index of refraction of 1.50 . The lens has an outer radius of curvature of +2.0 cm and an inner radius of curvature of +2.5 cm. What are the focal length and the power of the lens?


+20 cm, +5.0 diopters

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This sequence of paintings shows how a large gas cloud can collapse to become a much smaller, spinning disk of gas. What law explains why cloud spins faster as it shrinks in size?

A) the law of conservation of energy B) the universal law of gravitation C) the law of conservation of angular momentum D) Kepler's third law E) Newton's second law of motion

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The mass of ice that can be melted by 1 gram of 100°C steam is (Hint: Don't forget about hot water remaining from condensed steam.)

A) 0.125 gram. B) 0.148 gram. C) 6.75 grams. D) 8 grams. E) none of the above

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Ideal monatomic gas A is composed of molecules with mass m while ideal monatomic gas B is composed of molecules with mass 4m. The average molecular speeds are the same if the ratio of the temperatures TA/TB is:

A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C. 1 D. 2 E. 4

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