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27.5 Exercise 10

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) Sodium vapor light averaging 589 nm in wavelength falls on a single slit of width 7.50μm7 . \text{50} \mu\text{m}. At what angle does it produces its second minimum? (b) What is the highest-order minimum produced?

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