Height of the image of my friend on the film

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The discussion revolves around verifying the calculations related to the height of an image in a film. The original poster doubts their answer, specifically questioning the conversion of a 29 m distance into centimeters and subsequently into millimeters. Participants emphasize the importance of accurate conversions and suggest re-evaluating the calculation of the image distance (d_i). It's noted that a crucial step may have been overlooked in the calculations. Accurate conversions and careful checking of all steps are essential for obtaining the correct height of the image.
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You have a movie camera with a single lens of focal length 98 mm. You would like to take a picture of a friend who is standing 29 m away. Your friend is 155 cm tall, what is the height of the image of your friend on the film in mm?
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1/f+1/di+1/do
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Hi, I just want to check if my working is correct cuz I seems to get the wrong answer in my first attempt by inserting 0.054mm as the heigh.... the height seems a bit small to me.
 
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Check again your conversion of the 29 m distance into cm.
And make sure you get the distance image in the last step.
 
nasu said:
Check again your conversion of the 29 m distance into cm.
All conversions were to mm.
syllll_213 said:
Check your calculation of ##d_i##. There is something you forgot to do.
 
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