PHYS320 Lab Experiment 5

Object and Image Distances for Lenses and Mirrors

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Name: ____________________ Date: __________

5 questions @ 1 point each; 8 questions @ 2 points each; and 2 questions @ 3 points each. 30 points total.

Prediction
1. What kind of image will you see through a convex lens? What factors might affect the size of the
image? (1 point)

Various answers

2. What happens to the image if half of the lens is covered? (1 point)

Various answers

3. Draw a ray diagram below for a convex lens with a focal length of 3 cm. Place the object at 5 cm with a
height of 2 cm. (2 points)

Is the image real or virtual? Is the image upright or inverted? How does the size of the image compare with the
size of the object?

Real and inverted, larger

4. Draw a ray diagram below for a convex lens with a focal length of 5 cm. Place the object at 3 cm with a
height of 2 cm.

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Is the image real or virtual? Is the image upright or inverted? How does the size of the image compare with the
size of the object? (2 points)
Virtual and upright, larger
Explore
5. Write a description of what happens to the image size when you change the position of the lens. (1
point)
As the distance between the lens and object decreases, the image size increases.

6. Describe whether the image is upright or inverted. (1 point)

The image is inverted. (This occurs for all possible positions the students can investigate).

7. What happens to the image if half of the lens is covered with an opaque object? (1 point)

The image is still complete but it is dimmer.

Data
8. Paste the data table and the two graphs for the +100 mm lens from the spreadsheet here. (3 points)

s object distance (m) s' image distance (m) 1/s (diopters) 1/s' (diopters)
0.500 0.121 2.00 8.26446281
0.475 0.125 2.11 8
0.450 0.128 2.22 7.8125
0.400 0.13 2.50 7.692307692
0.350 0.135 2.86 7.407407407
0.300 0.147 3.33 6.802721088
0.250 0.161 4.00 6.211180124
0.200 0.192 5.00 5.208333333
0.175 0.227 5.71 4.405286344
0.150 0.288 6.67 3.472222222
0.125 0.519 8.00 1.926782274
0.120 0.569 8.33 1.757469244

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 0.6
0.5

image distance (m)

0.4
0.3
0.2 s' image distance (m)

0.1
0
0.000 0.200 0.400 0.600
object distance (m)

9
8
7
1/s' (diopters)

6
5 1/s' (diopters)
4
3 Linear (1/s'
2 (diopters))
y =1 -1.0214x + 10.235
0
0.00 5.00 10.00
1/s

9. Paste the data table and the two graphs for the +200 mm lens from the spreadsheet here. (3 points)

s object distance s' image distance 1/s 1/s'

(m) (m) (diopters) (diopters)
0.800 0.270 1.250 3.704
0.750 0.273 1.333 3.663
0.700 0.281 1.429 3.559
0.650 0.297 1.538 3.367
0.600 0.302 1.667 3.311
0.550 0.314 1.818 3.185
0.500 0.341 2.000 2.933
0.450 0.361 2.222 2.770
0.400 0.400 2.500 2.500
0.350 0.483 2.857 2.070
0.300 0.605 3.333 1.653
0.275 0.757 3.636 1.321

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 0.800
0.700

image distance (m)

0.600
0.500
0.400
0.300 s' image distance (m)
0.200
0.100
0.000
0.000 0.500 1.000
object distance (m)

4.000
3.500
3.000
1/s' (diopters)

2.500
2.000 1/s' (diopters)
1.500
y = -1.001x + 4.9704 Linear (1/s'
1.000
(diopters))
0.500
0.000
0.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000
1/s

10. Paste the data table and the two graphs for the concave mirror from the spreadsheet here. (3 points)

s object distance s' image distance 1/s 1/s'

(m) (m) (diopters) (diopters)
0.300 0.156 3.333 6.431
0.350 0.144 2.857 6.944
0.400 0.137 2.500 7.299
0.450 0.132 2.222 7.576
0.500 0.127 2.000 7.905
0.550 0.124 1.818 8.065
0.600 0.122 1.667 8.230
0.700 0.119 1.429 8.439
0.800 0.116 1.250 8.621
0.900 0.114 1.111 8.772
1.000 0.114 1.000 8.772
1.100 0.112 0.909 8.929

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 0.200
image distance (m)
0.150

0.100
s' image distance (m)
0.050

0.000
0.000 0.500 1.000 1.500
object distance (m)

10.000

8.000
1/s' (diopters)

6.000 y = -1.0302x + 9.8955

1/s' (diopters)
4.000
Linear (1/s'
2.000 (diopters))

0.000
0.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000
1/s (diopters)

Analysis

11. For the 100mm and 200mm lenses, paste the data showing the image height divided by the object
height (the true magnification) to s’/s for each case. Are they nearly the same or different? Explain. (2
points)

12. For each lens and the mirror, what are the slope and the y-intercept from the linear fit to your data? (2
points)

slope y-intercept
+100 mm lens -1.0214 10.235
+200 mm lens -1.001 4.9704
+100 mm mirror -1.0302 9.8955

13. From the line fit, what is the focal length of each lens and mirror? Compare your measured value with
the nominal value written on each by calculating a percent difference. (2 points)

y-intercept Measured focal length % difference

+100 mm lens 10.235 97.7 mm 2.3
+200 mm lens 4.9704 201 mm 0.5
+100 mm mirror 9.8955 101 mm 1.0

Questions
14. What value does the image distance approach as the object distance becomes larger? (2 points)
The image distance is approaching the focal length as the object distance gets larger.
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 15. What value does the object distance approach as the image distance becomes larger? (2 points)
The object distance is approaching the focal length as the image distance gets larger.

16. Where would you place the object to obtain an image as far away from the lens as possible? Where
would you place the object to obtain an image located at the focal length of the lens (100 mm)? (2
points)
The graph shows that as the object distance gets closer to the focal length, the image distance
becomes very large. Therefore, the object should be very close to the focal length to form an image
as far away as possible. To obtain an image at the focal length, the data shows that the object
should be very far away from the lens.

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