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The rear window in a car is approximately a rectangle, 1.3 m wide and 0.30 m high. The inside rear-view mirror is 0.50 m from the driver’s e
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The rear window in a car is approximately a rectangle, 1.3 m wide and 0.30 m high. The inside rear-view mirror is 0.50 m from the driver’s eyes and 1.50 m from the rear window. What are the minimum dimensions that the rear-view mirror should have if the driver is to be able to see the entire width and height of the rear window in the mirror without moving her head?
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Answer:
Height of mirror 0.075 m
width of mirror 0.325 m
Explanation:
given data
wide = 1.3 m
high = 0.30 m
driver’s eyes = 0.50 m
rear window = 1.50 m
solution
we take here height / width of the mirror is
height / width =
……………..1
and
height /width of the window is
height /width =
……………..2
and
distance of eye / window by the mirror is
distance of eye / window =
……………..3
so here
θ = θi = θr ………………..4
and tanθ for vertical is
tanθ =
tanθ =
………………..5
so
h =
………………..6
put here value and we get
h = 0.075 m
and
when we take here tanθ for horizontal than it will be
tanθ =
tanθ =
…………………..7
so
put here value and we get
w = 0.325 m