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Ch 35: Optical Instruments
Knight Calc - Physics for Scientists and Engineers 5th Edition
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Capitolo 35, Problema 19

A 20x telescope has a 12-cm-diameter objective lens. What minimum diameter must the eyepiece lens have to collect all the light rays from an on-axis distant source?

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Understand the problem: A telescope magnifies distant objects, and the eyepiece lens must collect all the light rays from the objective lens. The magnification of the telescope is given as 20x, and the diameter of the objective lens is 12 cm. We need to determine the minimum diameter of the eyepiece lens.
Recall the relationship between magnification and the diameters of the objective and eyepiece lenses. The magnification (M) is given by the ratio of the focal lengths of the objective lens (fₒ) and the eyepiece lens (fₑ): M = fₒ / fₑ. Additionally, the diameters of the lenses are proportional to their focal lengths.
Set up the proportionality equation for the diameters of the lenses: \( \frac{Dₒ}{Dₑ} = \frac{fₒ}{fₑ} \), where \( Dₒ \) is the diameter of the objective lens, \( Dₑ \) is the diameter of the eyepiece lens, \( fₒ \) is the focal length of the objective lens, and \( fₑ \) is the focal length of the eyepiece lens. Since magnification \( M \) is 20x, we know \( \frac{fₒ}{fₑ} = 20 \).
Substitute the known values into the proportionality equation: \( \frac{Dₒ}{Dₑ} = 20 \). Rearrange to solve for \( Dₑ \): \( Dₑ = \frac{Dₒ}{20} \). Here, \( Dₒ \) is the diameter of the objective lens, which is 12 cm.
Perform the division to find the minimum diameter of the eyepiece lens: \( Dₑ = \frac{12}{20} \). This gives the minimum diameter of the eyepiece lens required to collect all the light rays from the objective lens.

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