Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
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Chapter 33, Problem 50P
(II) The closely packed cones in the fovea of the eve have a diameter of about 2 µm. For the eye to discern two images on the fovea as distinct, assume that the images must be separated by at least one cone that is not excited. If these images are of two point-like objects at the eye’s 25-un neat point, how far apart are these barely resolvable objects? Assume the diameter of the eye (cornea-to-fovea distance) is 2.0 cm.
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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