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Read the paragraph and then answer the following question:The Hubble Space Telescope (HST)...

Read the paragraph and then answer the following question:

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the largest tele­scope ever placed into orbit. Its primary concave mirror has a diameter of 2.4 m and a focal length of approximately 13 m. In addition to having optical detectors, the telescope is equipped to detect ultraviolet light, which does not easily penetrate Earth’s atmosphere.

The image of a very distant object on the axis of a mirror such as that used in the HST will be at what location in relationship to the mirror and focal point?

A.     behind the mirror


B.      between the mirror and the focal point


C.      very close to the focal point


D.      very close to twice the distance from the mirror to the focal point

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