What is the angular separation of the two stars


Problem

Suppose that two stars in a binary star system are separated by a distance of 100 million kilometers and are located at a distance of 100 light-years from Earth.

i. What is the angular separation of the two stars? Give your answer in degrees.
ii. What is the angular separation of the two stars? Give your answer in arcseconds.
iii. Can the Hubble Space Telescope resolve the two stars?

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