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Transcribed Image Text:A naval radar system operates at a wavelength of 1.3 cm, transmitted from a circular antenna of
diameter d = 2.4 m. At a distance of 5.5 km, what is the smallest distance between two small
boats such that the radar system can resolve them as two separate objects? Be careful with units:
recall that 1 cm = 10-2 m and 1 km = 10³ m.
Distance of separation =
m
If the separation between two small boats is only 16 m, what is the maximum distance from the
antenna that they can be such that the antenna can resolve them as two separate objects?
Distance from antenna =
km
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