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An eagle is watching ants crawl along the ground in light of wavelength 550 nm as it flies over head. The pupil diameter of the eagle's eye is 7.00
mm, and it is just able to optically resolve two ants that are separated by 1.20 mm. What is the eagle's altitude? Neglect the index of refraction
of the eagle's eye.
62.5 m
6.89 m
10.2 m
12.5 m
None of the above
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