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11 years ago
Suppose to headlights on a car are separated by 1 meter and you are looking at the car from a distance of 2 kilometers. What is the angular separation of the headlights? Can your eyes resolve the two headlights?
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11 years ago
Hi there, you need to use the formula:

alpha = 2/2(pi)(d) x 360°

This is the formula for angular separation formula; also recall that the angular resolution of the human eye is about 0.020°.

Now just plug and play Wink Face

Let me know if you need more help.
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