a. The purpose of the translucent screen on the pinhole camera is to let the image be formed on it.
b. (height of lamp image)/(height of lamp) =(distance of lamp image)/(distance of object)
X/9=12/27
x=36 cm
joseph rimiru answered the question on October 31, 2017 at 21:06
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