Anature photographer is using a camera that has a lens with a focal length of 3.06 cm. the photographer is taking pictures of ancient trees in a forest and wants the lens to be focused on a very old tree that is 10.4 m away. a) how far must the lens be from the film in order for the resulting picture to be clearly focused? answer in units of cm.

film is at distance of 3.07 cm from lens

Explanation:

Given data

focal length = 3.06 cm

distance = 10.4 m = 1040 cm

to find out

How far must the lens

solution

we apply here lens formula that is

1/f = 1/p + 1/q

here f = 3.06 and p = 1040 so we find q

1/f = 1/p + 1/q

1/3.06 = 1/1040 + 1/q

1/ q =  0.3258

q = 3.0690 cm

so film is at distance of 3.07 cm from lens