Asha is entertaining her cat Luna by shining two laser pointers, eachwith wavelength X, on a wall located 12.0 m away from Luna. WhenLuna first notices the laser spots, her pupils are roughly the shape ofnarrow vertical slits with a width of 2.0 mm. Under these conditions,the two spots must have a minimum separation distance of 3.8 mmin order for Luna to be able to resolve them as two separate spots.After watching the spots dance across the wall for a while, her pupilsdilate so that they become roughly circular with a diameter of 6.0 mm.What is the minimum separation distance between the two spots nowthat Luna's eyes have dilated to a circular shape? Assume that thesize of her pupil is the only limiting factor on the optical resolution.

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