At night the pupils of a certain womans eyes are 8 mm in diameter. (a) How many

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At night the pupils of a certain woman’s eyes are 8 mm in diameter.

(a) How many kilometers away from a car facing her will the woman be able to distinguish its headlights from each other? 

(b) What would the distance be if her pupils were 4 mm in diameter (say at twilight)? Assume that the headlights are 1.5 m apart, that the average wavelength of their light is 600 nm, and that her eyes attain half their theoretical resolving power.

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The Physical Universe

ISBN: 978-0077862619

16th edition

Authors: Konrad B Krauskopf, Arthur Beiser

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