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![On a sunny day, a person's eye has
a diameter of 0.00220 m. Two
objects are 48.4 m from the eye.
Using 550 nm light, how far apart
must they be in order for the eye to
resolve them?
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Transcribed Image Text:On a sunny day, a person's eye has
a diameter of 0.00220 m. Two
objects are 48.4 m from the eye.
Using 550 nm light, how far apart
must they be in order for the eye to
resolve them?
[? ]m
Remember: nano means 10-9
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