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Using the background information provided in Section 2.1, and thinking purely in geometric...

Using the background information provided in Section 2.1, and thinking purely in geometric terms, estimate the diameter of the smallest printed dot that the eye can discern if the page on which the dot is printed is 0.2 m away from the eyes. Assume for simplicity that the visual system ceases to detect the dot when the image of the dot on the fovea becomes smaller than the diameter of one receptor (cone) in that area of the retina. Assume further that the fovea can be modeled as a square array of dimensions 1.5 mm × 1.5 mm, and that the cones and spaces between the cones are distributed uniformly throughout this array.

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