Physics 102
Practice Exam Problem #13

Professor Landsberg (who taught Physics 102 in Spr. '98) is nearsighted. Without glasses he cannot see clearly any objects that are more than 0.5 m away. His power of accommodation is 4 diopters.
(a) Are Prof. Landsberg's glasses thicker in the middle or at the edges?

(b) What power corrective lens does he wear?

(c) Without glasses, what is the closest distance he can hold a book to his face and still read it clearly?

(Problem from an actual former Physics 102 exam)
Solution

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