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3.3 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

Ten narrow slits are equally spaced 0.25 mm apart and illuminated with yellow light of wavelength 580 nm. (a) What are the angular positions of the third and fourth principal maxima? (b) What is the separation of these maxima on a screen 2.0 m from the slits?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 3.3 Multiple-Slit Interference, exercise 1

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