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The headlights of a pickup truck are 1.32 m apart. What is
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Problem 83GP
The headlights of a pickup truck are 1.32 m apart. What is the greatest distance at which these headlights can be resolved as separate points of light on a photograph taken with a camera whose aperture lias a diameter of 12.5 mm? (Take λ = 555 rim.)
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QUESTION:
Problem 83GP
The headlights of a pickup truck are 1.32 m apart. What is the greatest distance at which these headlights can be resolved as separate points of light on a photograph taken with a camera whose aperture lias a diameter of 12.5 mm? (Take λ = 555 rim.)
ANSWER:
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Light that has a wavelength of passes through the aperture of a camera from two headlights that are apart.
In this problem, we are asked to calculate the maximum distance for the headlights of a pickup truck to resolve as separated lights with a camera. The known values are given as follows