Two luminous point sources separated by a certain distance are at $10 \,km$ from an observer. If the aperture of his eye is $2.5 \times 10^{-3} \,m$ and the wavelength of light used is $500 \,nm$, the distance of separation between the point sources just seen to be resolved is (in $\,m$)

  • A
    $12.2$
  • B
    $24.2$
  • C
    $2.44$
  • D
    $1.22$

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