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The writing on the passenger-side mirror of your car says "Warning! Objects are closer than they appear

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The writing on the passenger-side mirror of your car says "Warning! Objects are closer than they appear." There is no such warning on the driver's mirror. Consider a typical convex passenger-side mirror with a focal length of -80cm . A 1.5m -tall cyclist on a bicycle is 24m from the mirror. You are 1.2m from the mirror, and suppose, for simplicity, that the mirror, you, and the cyclist all lie along a line.

Part A How far are you from the image of the cyclist? Express your answer using two significant figures. Part B How far would you have been from the image if the mirror were flat? Express your answer using two significant figures. Part C What is the image height? Express your answer using two significant figures. Part D What would the image height have been if the mirror were flat? Express your answer using two significant figures. Part E What is the angular size of the image of the cyclist? Express your answer using two significant figures. Part F What would the angular size of the cyclist's image have been if the mirror were flat? Express your answer using two significant figures.