A farsighted woman breaks her current eyeglasses and is using an old pair whose refractive power...

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A farsighted woman breaks her current eyeglasses and is using anold pair whose refractive power is 1.785 diopters. Since theseeyeglasses do not completely correct her vision, she must hold anewspaper 42.00 cm from her eyes in order to read it. She wears theeyeglasses 2.00 cm from her eyes. How far is her near point fromher eyes?

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The eyeglasses form a virtual image of the newspaper page at hernear pointThe image distance is negative and we can calculate it by usingthe thinlens equation In doing so we need to keep two    See Answer
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