at what distance would a convex magnifing lens that has a focal length of 10 cm have to be held for an image to appear upright and 3 cm tall?

[6.67cm]

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“and 3 times as tall”
If so, then:
f = focal length of lens = 10cm
di = image distance from lens
do= object distance M =3 - magnification

Note that for the image to be upright it must be a virtual image, so di is negative.

di/do = -3
so di = -3do

1/10 = 1/do + 1/di
1/10 = 1/do - 1/(3•do) = 2/3•do

3•do = 20

do = 6.67cm

To determine the distance at which a convex magnifying lens with a focal length of 10 cm would have to be held for an upright and 3 cm tall image, we can use the lens formula:

1/f = 1/v - 1/u

where:
f is the focal length of the lens,
v is the image distance, and
u is the object distance.

Since the image is upright (which means it has positive (+) height), the magnification (M) will be positive (+). The magnification is given by the formula:

M = -v/u

Given that the height of the image (h') is 3 cm and the focal length (f) is 10 cm, we can use the magnification formula to find the image distance (v):

M = h'/h = -v/u

Rearranging the equation:

v = -M * u

Now, substituting the given values, we have:

3/(-10) = -v/u

Rearranging and simplifying:

v = -30/u

Since the image is 3 cm tall, its height (h') is equal to the negative of the object height (h):

h' = -h

Substituting the values, we have:

3 = -h

Therefore, the object height (h) = -3 cm.

Now we can solve for the object distance (u):

M = -v/u

-3/u = -30/u

Cross-multiplying:

-3u = -30

Simplifying:

u = -30 / -3

u = 10 cm

So, the object distance (u) is 10 cm.

Finally, we can find the image distance (v) by substituting the values into the equation:

v = -30/u

v = -30 / 10

v = -3 cm

Therefore, the distance at which the convex magnifying lens would have to be held for an upright and 3 cm tall image is 3 cm.

To find the distance at which an image appears upright and 3 cm tall through a convex magnifying lens with a focal length of 10 cm, we can use the magnification formula:

Magnification (M) = - (Image Height / Object Height) = -(h'/h)

Where:
M is the magnification,
h' is the image height, and
h is the object height.

In this case, the image height (h') is given as 3 cm. The object height (h) is not provided. However, we can still solve for the distance using the magnification formula and rearranging it as:

Distance (d) = f / (1 + 1/M)

Where:
d is the distance,
f is the focal length, and
M is the magnification.

Given that the focal length (f) is 10 cm, we can substitute these values into the formula and solve for the distance:

d = 10 cm / (1 + 1/M)

To find the value of M, we need to plug in the magnification formula:

M = - (h'/h) = - (3 cm / h)

Substituting this value back into the distance formula:

d = 10 cm / (1 + 1/(-3 cm / h))

Simplifying further:

d = 10 cm / (1 - 3 cm / h)

To simplify the equation, we can take the reciprocal of the denominator:

d = 10 cm / ((h - 3 cm) / h)

Now we can multiply the numerator and denominator by h:

d = 10 cm * (h / (h - 3 cm))

This equation allows us to calculate the distance (d) at which the image appears upright and 3 cm tall using the given object height (h).