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______ Objectives: To demonstrate the formation of images from convex and concave lenses. To identify the type of image formed by convex and concave lenses. To confirm the lens equations. Procedure: Convex Lens . !o to PhET imulations to Pla! "ith ims to Ph!sics to Light and #adiation to Geometric Optics to Run Now! ". Ta#e some time to play $ith the simulation to get familiar $ith ho$ it $or#s. %. &aximi'e your screen. $arning: (or the measurements ta#en in this lab, the ruler in the )h*T program $ill not $or#. Therefore, $e $ill use a standard ruler measuring from the computer monitor. The scale used to ma#e these measurements $ill change from computer to computer so once you start, you must finish. +. In this lab, you $ill be moving the ob,ect to analy'e ho$ images are formed. -hen you are ready to get started be sure that your settings are as follo$s.
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Type of image. real, none, or virtual 2irection of image. inverted or upright Concave Lens: . !o to the follo$ing $eb address. http.==,anggeng.com=convex>lens>and>concave>lens= ". Choose the concave lens. %. 1ecord f, do 4s5, di 4s;5, & and your observations of the image into 2ata Table %. +. 0se the slider to change the focal length and record your ne$ data into Table %. Table Trial & f 4cm5 do4cm5 di4cm5 & Type of image. real, none, or virtual 2irection of image. inverted or upright Trial '
. (or each of the real images you observed, calculate the focal length of the convex lens, using the lens=mirror equation. 2o your values agree $ith each other?
". @verage the values for f found in question 3 and calculate the percent error bet$een this average and the value for f from 2ata Table .
/. Ho$ does the image of a concave lens al$ays appear? -here is it located $ith respect the lens and the ob,ect?
3. 1esearch the t$o basic types of vision problems, farsightedness and nearsightedness, and describe the lens prescription for each. 0se diagrams of the eye to sho$ the light paths before and after remediation.