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Chapter 38, Problem 38.12OQ
Off in the distance, you see the headlights of a car, but they are indistinguishable from the single headlight of a motorcycle. Assume the car’s headlights are now switched from low beam to high beam so that the light intensity you receive becomes three times greater. What then happens to your ability to resolve the two light sources? (a) It increases by a factor of 9. (b) It increases by a factor of S. (c) It remains the same. (d) It becomes one-third as good. (e) Ii becomes one-ninth as good.
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