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Find the Focal Length JS Model 

written by Andrew Duffy and Mario Belloni

The Find the Focal Length JavaScript Model shows how a spherical mirror reflects the rays from a point source.  The Model specifically asks the user to determine the focal length of the mirror. There are at least 4 different ways to find f.

The Find the Focal Length JavaScript Model was developed using the Easy Java/JavaScript Simulations (EjsS) modeling tool. You can modify this simulation if you have Easy Java/JavaScript Simulations (EjsS) version 5.2 or above installed by downloading and importing the zip file into EjsS.

Published June 20, 2016
Last Modified June 20, 2016

Primary Documents

Find the Focal Length ePub 

ePub version of the JS Model

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license.

Published June 20, 2016
Last Modified July 28, 2018

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Source Code Documents

Find the Focal Length JS Model Source Code 

Source Code for the Find the Focal Length JS Model program.

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Published June 20, 2016
Last Modified June 20, 2016