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PHYS131 Optical Instruments Tutorial 6

This document contains a tutorial on optical instruments, specifically focusing on various problems related to vision correction, lens power calculations, and magnification. It includes scenarios for nearsightedness, reading glasses prescriptions, and the use of microscopes and magnifying glasses. The tutorial provides specific calculations and considerations for different eye conditions and lens placements.

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PHYS131 Optical Instruments Tutorial 6

This document contains a tutorial on optical instruments, specifically focusing on various problems related to vision correction, lens power calculations, and magnification. It includes scenarios for nearsightedness, reading glasses prescriptions, and the use of microscopes and magnifying glasses. The tutorial provides specific calculations and considerations for different eye conditions and lens placements.

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PHYS131 Optical Instruments Tutorial 6

1. If the nearsighted person wore contact lenses corrected for the far point
the near point would be 41 cm. (Would glasses be better in this case?) ), show that
( 

2. Reading glasses of what power are needed for a person whose near point is 115 cm, so that
he can read a computer screen at 55 cm? Assume a lens–eye distance of 1.8 cm.
3. A person has a far point of 14 cm. What power glasses would correct this vision if the
glasses were placed 2.0 cm from the eye? What power contact lenses, placed on the eye,
would the person need?
4. A person struggles to read by holding a book at arm’s length, a distance of 45 cm away
( near point). What power of reading glasses should be prescribed for him, assuming
they
will be placed 2.0 cm from the eye and he wants to read at the normal near point of 25
cm?
5. What is the focal length of the eye–lens system when viewing an object (a) at infinity, and
(b) 33 cm from the eye? Assume that the lens–retina distance is 2.0 cm.
6. A nearsighted person has near and far points of 10.0 and 20.0 cm, respectively. If she puts
on contact lenses with power P  4.00 D, what are her new near and far points?
7. What is the magnification of a lens used with a relaxed eye if its focal length is 12 cm?
8. What is the focal length of a magnifying glass of 3.5magnification for a relaxed normal
eye?
9. A magnifier is rated at 2.5for a normal eye focusing on an image at the near point. (a)
What is its focal length? (b) What is its focal length if the 2.5
refers to a relaxed eye?
10. A microscope uses an eyepiece with a focal length of 1.40 cm. Using a normal eye with a
final image at infinity, the tube length is 17.5 cm and the focal length of the objective
lens is 0.65 cm. What is the magnification of the microscope?
11. A 17-cm-long microscope has an eyepiece with a focal length of 2.5 cm and an objective
with a focal length of 0.28 cm. What is the approximate magnification?
12. A microscope has a 12.0eyepiece and a 59.0objective lens 20.0 cm apart. Calculate (a)
the total magnification, (b) the focal length of each lens, and (c) where the object must
be for a normal relaxed eye to see it in focus.

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