A boy is trying to start a fire by focusing sunlight on a piece of paper using an equiconvex lens of focal length 10 cm. The diameter of the sun is 1.39 109 m and its mean distance from the earth is 1.5 1011 m. What is the diameter of the sun's image on the paper ?
- 6.5 10-5 m
- 12.4 10-4 m
- 9.2 10-4 m
- 6.5 10-4 m
Answer
(3) 9.2 10-4 m
Solution
The image is formed at the focal plane. The angle subtended by the sun at the lens equals that subtended by its image:
df = DR
d = 0.1 1.39 1091.5 1011
9.2 10-4 m
Answer: (3)