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Chapter 10.6, Problem 1bT
Obtain two soda cans and a cardboard tube that has a smaller diameter than the can.
1. How can you arrange the two soda cans so that (a) they appear to be equally wide and (b) one can appears wider than the other?
In the space below, draw a top view diagram for each case that can be used to compare the apparent widths of the cans.
2. How can you arrange one can and the tube so that (a) the two objects appear to be equally wide and (b) the tube appears wider than the can?
In the space below, draw a top view diagram for each case that can be used to compare the apparent widths of the two objects.
3. What quantities affect the apparent size of an object? Describe how increasing or decreasing each quantity affects the apparent size of that object.
Explain how you can use a top view diagram to determine whether one object appears wider or narrower than another object to an observer at a particular location.
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