Refracting Telescope: Mary builds a simple refracting telescope using two lenses of focal length 80 cm and 5.0 cm. The respective diameters are 60 mm and 10 mm. How many degrees wide does the moon appear through the telescope if it appears only 1/2 degree wide with the "naked eye"?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


8° (16 times larger)

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A.
B.
C.
D.

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As shown below, a garden room has three walls, a floor, and a roof, but is open to the garden on one side. The wall widths are L and w. The roof height is h. When traveling sound waves enter the room, standing sound waves can be present in the room if the wavelength of the standing waves is ? ?

A.

, where n is a positive integer.

B.
, where n is an odd integer.

C.
, where n is an even integer.

D.
in all cases listed above.

E.
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A 4.0-cm tall apple is 20 cm in front of a plano-convex lens of focal length 75 cm

(a) Find the location of the image of the apple. Is it a real or a virtual image? (b) How tall is the image of the apple? Is it upright or inverted? What will be an ideal response?

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