Prof. Marcia Grail, supervillain and superscientist, wishes to spy on her foes (they'll all pay!) from orbit. She wishes to be able to resolve detail on order the size of the letters on a license plate (approx. 5cm), in a wavelength of approximately 550 nm, from an orbit approximately 4.2 x 10^7 m above the surface of the Earth. If her resolution is limited only by diffraction, then what is the smallest aperture telescope that she can get away with

563.64 m

Explanation:

Given that as per the question

x = 5 cm = 0.05 m

D = 4.2 × 107 m

d = smallest aperture size

As per the situation the solution of the smallest aperture telescope that she can get away with is below :-

We will use Rayleigh's diffraction limit which is

The equation will be

d = 563.64 m

So, the answer is d = 563.64 m

force is based upon mass and acceleration.the statement is not always true.

it can be explained from newton's second law of motion.

as per newton's second law of motion the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied force and takes place along the direction of force.

mathematically it can be written as -

                                              ⇒      

here   k is the proportionality constant whose value is 1.

                                                            [a is the acceleration=dv/dt]

hence we see that force not only depends on mass and acceleration but also on velocity and rate of change of mass. force f will depend on mass and acceleration only when mass is constant.

hence the statement that force is based upon mass and acceleration is false.

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