A magnifying glass has a convex lens of focal length 15 cm. At what distance from a postage stamp should you hold this lens to get a magnification of +2.0?


7.5 cm

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According to Newtonian physics, an object with no forces acting on it must

A) be accelerated, with an unchanging acceleration. B) either be at rest or have constant velocity. C) eventually come to rest. D) be at rest. E) fall.

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Having nothing to do with trigonometry, ________ parallaxes use the width of absorption lines to estimate the star's luminosity and size and distance

A) bolometric B) photometric C) spectroscopic D) holographic E) videometric

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