Fundamentals of Physics, Extended
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Author: David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
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Chapter 36, Problem 20P
The radar system of a navy cruiser transmits at a wavelength of 1.6 cm, from a circular antenna with a diameter of 2.3 m. At a range of 6.2 km, what is the smallest distance that two speedboats can be from each other and still be resolved as two separate objects by the radar system?
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