If the pupil of your eye is 4.0 mm in diameter when reading a page held 25 cm from your eye, what is the minimum separation of adjacent dots that can be resolved? (Assume light with a wavelength of 550 nm , and

If the pupil of your eye is 4.0 mm in diameter when reading a page held 25 cm from your eye, what is the minimum separation of adjacent dots that can be resolved? (Assume light with a wavelength of 550 nm , and

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Chapter3: Interference

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