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Photons received by each receptor

Now suppose that, as Figure 2 illustrates, the 100 Watt bulb is illuminating an object at a distance R. that, of the I photons release by the bulb in time tex2html_wrap_inline462 , only

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are received by each receptor.

an expression for F in terms of tex2html_wrap_inline480 .

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Figure 2: Illumination of an object by a distant bulb.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Feb 6 11:34:49 EST 1997