A pair of glasses is designed for a person with a far-point distance of 3.0 m so
Question:
A pair of glasses is designed for a person with a far-point distance of 3.0 m so that she can read street signs 20 m away. (The far-point distance is the distance from the eye at which you are just able to properly focus a distant object.)
(a) If the glasses are to be worn 1.0 cm from her eyes, what is the needed focal length?
(b) Compare this focal length (find the percent difference) to the focal length she would need if she chooses a style of glasses that fit on her face so that the lenses are instead 2.0 cm away from her eyes.
(c) Now consider a farsighted person who has a near-point distance of 0.60 m. Find the required focal lengths for glasses worn at 1.0 and 2.0 cm from the eye.
(d) For a nearsighted person, is the position of the glasses from the eyes as important as that for a farsighted person?
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College Physics Reasoning and Relationships
ISBN: 978-0840058195
2nd edition
Authors: Nicholas Giordano