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An astonaut is lookin down on earth's surface from a space shuttle at an altitude of 400 km.Assuming that the astronaut's pupil diamter is 5 mm and the wavelength of visible ight is 500 nm,The astonaurt will be able to resolve linear objects of the size of about:

A

0.5 m

B

5 m

C

50 m

D

500 m

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