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Typical Numeric Questions for Physics I - Light and Optics

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Nineteen word problems dealing with frequency, speed, reflection, and refraction of light are provided here. Empower your physics masters to manipulate equations for computing angles, focal lengths, image heights, and more! This is a neatly formatted and user-friendly set of practice problems that you will want to add to your homework choices.

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focal length, focal points, the speed of light, light, concave mirrors, mirrors, wavelength, waves, lenses, optics, refraction, the index of refraction, angle of incidence, angle of refraction

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lenses, optics, reflection, refraction, angle of incidence, angle of reflection, angle of refraction, concave mirror, convex mirror, focal length, focal point, focus, frequency, index of refraction, real image, refractive index, speed of light, virtual image, wavelength, science
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