84. A spectator, seated in the left-field stands, is watching a baseball player who is 1.9 m tall and is 75 m away. On a TV screen, located 3.0 m from a person watching the game at home, the image of this same player is 0.12 m tall. Find the angular size of the player as seen by (a) the spectator watching the game live and (b) the TV viewer. (c) To whom does the player appear to be larger?

 

Using the small angle approximation that

 

For fan in the stands

 

On Tv

 

So the tv player has a larger angular size!

 

Player on TV looks larger than the player in the field!

 

 

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