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?

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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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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