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Date November 2022 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 22N.1.HL.TZ0.28
Level HL Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
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22N.1.HL.TZ0.28

A telescope can just resolve images that are separated by an angle of 2 × 10−7 rad. Two stars are a distance of 4 × 1016 m from each other.

What is the maximum distance between the stars and the telescope for their images to be resolved by the telescope?


A.  2 × 109 m

B.  2 × 1011 m

C.  2 × 1023 m

D.  4 × 1023 m

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