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A cell phone that is 8.90 cm tall is placed in front of a convex mirror. The image of the phone is 7.80 cm tall and is located 14.8 cm from a mirror. What is the mirror’s focal length?

The restoring force a bow provides to an arrow as it is pulled back can be modeled as a spring force. The great archer Gila “nocks” an 18-g arrow by pulling it back a distance of 45 cm. Gila fires the arrow horizontally from a small cliff with a height of 20 m, and when the arrow reaches the bottom, it has a speed of 63 m/s. What is the effective spring constant of the bow as Gila nocks the arrow?

An object is placed 10 cm from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. What is the lateral magnification of the object?

An object is placed 10 cm from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. What is the lateral magnification of the object?

A cell phone that is 8.90 cm tall is placed in front of a convex mirror. The image of the phone is 7.80 cm tall and is located 14.8 cm from a mirror. What is the mirror’s focal length?

After returning to Ithaca, Odysseus sends all of Penelope’s suitors into exile

God often associated with Sparagmos (“tearing apart”) and Omophagia (“eating raw flesh”) 

Strife threw the Apple of Discord during which event?

Circe advises Odysseus on how to best get past the Sirens and Scylla and Charybdis

Whom does Perseus rescue from Cetus and later marry?