The limit to the eye's acuity is actually related to diffraction by the pupil. What is the angle between two just‑resolvable points of light for a 5.25 mm diameter pupil, assuming the average wavelength of 539 nm? Take the result to be the practical limit for the eye. What is the greatest possible distance a car can be from a person if he or she can resolve its two headlights, given they are 1.60 m apart? What is the distance between two just‑resolvable points held at an arm's length (0.600 m) from a person's eye?

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Interference of Light

The word "constructive" signifies addition in interference. Constructive interference occurs when the path of the waves that start from the slit differs by 1 entire wavelength or in the intervals of the same. Hence, the waves that are presented on the screen are in phase (crest to crest/trough to trough). The waves interfering constructively forms bright fringes on the screen.