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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Light: Geometric Optics
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23-2: Reflection; Plane Mirrors
23-3: Spherical Mirrors
23-4: Index of Refraction
23-5: Refraction; Snell's Law
23-6: Total Internal Reflection
23-7 and 23-8: Thin Lenses
23-9: Lens Combinations
23-10: Lensmaker's Equation

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 24
Q

An object is placed a distance rr in front of a wall, where rr exactly equals the radius of curvature of a certain concave mirror. At what distance from the wall should this mirror be placed so that a real image of the object is formed on the wall? What is the magnification of the image?

A
di=1.71r,M=2.41rd_i = 1.71r, M = -2.41r
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