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(a) If you were to use any two of these lenses to build a telescope, what is the maximum magnification you could achieve?
(b) If you were to use any two of these lenses to build a telescope, what is the lens separation for the maximum magnification telescope?


(a) 8.0 x (b) 18 cm

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