SOLUTION: An object is placed 10.0 cm in front of a lens and has a lateral magnification of -0.500. (a) What is the image distance? (b) What is the focal length of the lens? (c) Describe the

Question 1190970: An object is placed 10.0 cm in front of a lens and has a lateral magnification of -0.500. (a) What is the image distance? (b) What is the focal length of the lens? (c) Describe the image. (d) Is the lens converging or diverging?
Answer by ikleyn(52813) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Instead of doing your job, I am posting to you a collection of links on the subject in the Internet.

They are really good sources to learn the subject from and to learn solving relevant problems.

Lenses
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https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn (Lesson 5)

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/The-Anatomy-of-a-Lens

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/Refraction-by-Lenses

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/Image-Formation-Revisited

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/Converging-Lenses-Ray-Diagrams

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/Converging-Lenses-Object-Image-Relations

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/Diverging-Lenses-Ray-Diagrams

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/Diverging-Lenses-Object-Image-Relations

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-5/The-Mathematics-of-Lenses

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