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A Spherical Fish Bowl. A small tropical fish is at the centre of a water-filled, spherical fish bowl 28.0 cm in diameter.
(a) Find the apparent position and magnification of the fish to an observer outside the bowl. The effect of the thin walls of the bowl may be ignored. (b) A friend advised the owner of the bowl to keep it out of direct sunlight to avoid blinding the fish, which might swim into the focal point of the parallel rays from the sun. Is the focal point actually within the bowl?

Short Answer

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A. Image is formed at the centre of the bowl and magnification is 1.33

B.s' is larger than the diameter, hence focal point outside the bowl

Step by step solution

01

Important Concepts

The object image relationship for a spherical reflecting surface is

n1s+n2s'=n2-n1R

Wheren1andn2are the refraction index of the surfaces

s is th object distance from the vertex of the spherical surface and

s'is the image distance from the vertex of the spherical surface and R is the radius of curvature of the spherical surface

Magnification is given by

localid="1663911763132" m=-n1s'n2s

02

Find the object distance

Here

R=-14,n1=1.33,n2=1ands=14

Hence solve for s'

1.3314+1s'=1.33-1-14

We get

s'=-14cm

The image is formed 14cmm to the left of the bowl surface.

Magnification is

m=-n1s'n2s=-1.33-1414m=1.33

03

Find focal point 

To find focal point use s=โˆžand solve for sโ€™

Use R=-14,n2=1.33,n1=1

1โˆž+1.33s'=1.33-1-14s'=56cm

Sโ€™ is larger than the diameter, hence the focal point is outside the bowl

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