The pupil of an eagle’s eye has a diameter of 6.0 mm. Two field mice are separated by 0.010 m. From a distance of 182 m, the eagle sees them as one unresolved object and dives toward them at a speed of 15 m/s. Assume that the eagle’s eye detects light that has a wavelength of 550 nm in vacuum. How much time passes until the eagle sees the mice as separate objects?

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The pupil of an eagle’s eye has a diameter of 6.0 mm. Two field mice are separated by 0.010 m. From a distance of 182 m, the eagle sees them as one unresolved object and dives toward them at a speed of 15 m/s. Assume that the eagle’s eye detects light that has a wavelength of 550 nm in vacuum. How much time passes until the eagle sees the mice as separate objects?