A photographic image of a building is 0.092 m high. The image was made with a lens with a focal length of 52.0 mm. If the lens was 100 m from the building when the photograph was made, determine the height of the building.
Please help! What equations do I use to solve this?
Please help! What equations do I use to solve this?
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You know the object distance is 100 m. You need the image distance . It is so close to 52 mm as to make no difference.
Image distance/ Object distance = Image Height / Object Height
0.052 / 100 = 0.092 / Object Height
Object height = 9.2 / 0.052 = 177 m
Image distance/ Object distance = Image Height / Object Height
0.052 / 100 = 0.092 / Object Height
Object height = 9.2 / 0.052 = 177 m