A fish in a flat-sided aquarium sees a can of fish food on the counter. to the fish's eye, the can looks to be 37 cm outside the aquarium.

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Kimberly Leblanc

16 August, 10:23

A fish in a flat-sided aquarium sees a can of fish food on the counter. to the fish's eye, the can looks to be 37 cm outside the aquarium.

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Elena Lane · Answer 1

Because the aquarium is flat-sided, there is no additional distance between the fish and the can. So, the distance between the can and the aquarium is the distance between fish’s eye and the can minus the distance between the fish eye and the aquarium.