A boy is trying to start a fire by focusing Sunlight on a piece of paper using an equiconvex lens of focal length 10 cm. The diameter of the Sun is 1.39x10^9 m and its mean distance from the earth is 1.5x10^11 m. What is the diameter of the Sun's image on the paper ?

Julian Clements

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2023-02-08

A boy is trying to start a fire by focusing Sunlight on a piece of paper using an equiconvex lens of focal length 10 cm. The diameter of the Sun is 1.39*10^9 m and its mean distance from the earth is 1.5*10^11 m. What is the diameter of the Sun's image on the paper ?

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Liviello6p0

Liviello6p0

Beginner2023-02-09Added 6 answers

M a g n i f i c a t i o n = v u = h i h 0 0.1 1.5 × 10 11 = h i 1.39 × 10 9 h i = 9.2 × 10 4 m

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