An object is originally at the xi = 0 cm position of a meter stick located on the x axis. A converging lens of focal length 26.0 cm is fixed at the position 32.0 cm. Then we gradually slide the object to the position xf = 11.4 cm.
(a) Find the location of x' of the object's image as a function of the object position x.
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(b) Describe the pattern of the motion of the image with reference to a graph or a table of values.

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(c) After the object moves from the xi = 0 cm position of the meter stick to the position xf =11.4 cm, What is the location of the image? In what direction or directions?
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