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An object is placed to the left of a convex lens and on the optical axis. The object is 36 cm from the lens and the focal length of the lens is 66 cm. What is the magnification of the image formed by the lens? You do not have to enter units for this problem.

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This solution shows how to calculate the magnification of the image formed by a lens.

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Apply the thin lens equation
1/s0 + 1/si = 1/f
where s0 is the distance measured from the object to the center of the lens. so s0 = +36 cm since ...

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