An object is located 16.8 cm in front of a convex mirror, the image being 11.5 cm behind the mirror. A second object, twice as tall as the first one, is placed in front of the mirror, but at a different location. The image of this second object has the same height as the other image. How far in front of the mirror is the second object located?
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To solve this problem, we can use the magnification formula for convex mirrors, which is:
magnification (m) = -image height (hi) / object height (ho)
Since the second object is twice as tall as the first object, its height (ho2) is twice the height of the first object (ho1).
ho2 = 2 * ho1
We are given that:
ho1 = 16.8 cm (distance of the first object from the mirror)
hi1 = -11.5 cm (distance of the image from the mirror for the first object)
hi2 = hi1 (as the height of the second object's image is the same as the height of the first object's image)
We can substitute the given values into the magnification formula:
m = hi1 / ho1
m = hi2 / ho2
Since hi1 = hi2, we can write:
hi1 / ho1 = hi1 / ho2
Cross-multiplying, we get:
hi1 * ho2 = hi1 * ho1
Canceling out hi1 from both sides, we have:
ho2 = ho1
Therefore, the distance of the second object from the mirror (ho2) is equal to the distance of the first object from the mirror (ho1), which is 16.8 cm. So, the second object is also located 16.8 cm in front of the mirror.
To solve this problem, we can use the mirror equation, which relates the object distance (d₀), the image distance (dᵢ), and the focal length (f) of a convex mirror:
1/d₀ + 1/dᵢ = 1/f
First, let's determine the focal length (f) of the convex mirror. We know the object distance (d₀) and the image distance (dᵢ) for the first scenario, so we can solve the equation for f:
1/d₀ + 1/dᵢ = 1/f
Plugging in the given values:
1/(-16.8 cm) + 1/11.5 cm = 1/f
Now, let's find the value of f by solving this equation.
1/(-16.8) + 1/11.5 = 1/f
(-0.0595) + 0.0869 = 1/f
0.0274 = 1/f
f = 1/0.0274 ≈ 36.50 cm
Now that we have the focal length (f), we can find the location of the second object using a similar process.
Let d₁ represent the distance between the second object and the mirror.
Given that the second object is twice as tall as the first object, we know that the magnification factor for the second object (m₁) is 2.
The magnification factor (m) is given by the equation:
m = -dᵢ / d₀
For the first scenario, we have d₀ = -16.8 cm and dᵢ = 11.5 cm. So we can solve for m₀ (magnification factor for the first object):
m₀ = -11.5 cm / (-16.8 cm)
m₀ ≈ 0.6845
Since the magnification factor (m) remains the same for both objects, we can write the equation:
m₀ = m₁
0.6845 = -11.5 cm / d₁
Now, we can solve for d₁ to find the distance between the second object and the mirror.
d₁ = -11.5 cm / 0.6845 ≈ -16.82 cm
Since distances are positive (measured from the mirror), the distance between the second object and the mirror is approximately 16.82 cm in front of the mirror.