A 35mm wide slide with a 24mm×36mm picture is projected on a screen placed 12cm from the slide. The image of the slide picture on the screen measures 1m×1.5m. What is the linear magnification of the projector-screen arrangement?

A 35mm wide slide with a 24mm×36mm picture is projected on a screen placed 12cm from the slide. The image of the slide picture on the screen measures 1m×1.5m. What is the linear magnification of the projector-screen arrangement? Correct Answer 41.67

Areal magnification = (1×1.5)/(24×10-3×36×10-3) = 1736 Linear magnification = √1736 = 41.67.

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