Question 1 Report
(a)(i) What is an eclipse?
(ii) List the three types of eclipse.
(b) A student in a lecture theatre can read from the board clearly but requires a pair of spectacles to read from a book.
(i) What eye defect has this student?
(ii) What type of lens is needed to correct the eye defect?
(iii) The focal length of the lens used to correct this defect is 10cm. Calculate the power of the lens.
(c) A car B moves towards a stationary car A. If B produces an ultrasonic sound at a point and it takes 5.6 x 10\(^{-3}\)s for a beep to be heard in B, calculate the distance between the two cars at that instant. (Speed. sound in air = 340 ms\(^-\))
(d) The image of an object is located 9 cm behind a convex mirror. If magnification produced is 0.6, calculate the focal length of the mirror.