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A beam of yellow light is made to pass through two slits that are 3.0 x 10−3 meters apart. On a screen 2.0 meters away from the slits, an in
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A beam of yellow light is made to pass through two slits that are 3.0 x 10−3 meters apart. On a screen 2.0 meters away from the slits, an interference pattern appears with bands of light separated by 3.9 x 10−4 meters. What is the wavelength of the light?
3.6 x 10−8 m
5.9 x 10−7 m
6.5 x 10−7 m
3.9 x 10−6 m
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Explanation:
The formula to calculate the position of the m-th maximum in the interference pattern produced by the diffraction of light from a double slit is
where
y is the distance of the maximum from the central bright fringe
m is the order of the maximum
is the wavelength of the light
D is the distance of the screen from the slits
d is the distance between the slits
Here we have:
(distance between slits)
D = 2.0 m (distance of the screen)
is the distance of the 1st maximum after the central maximum from the central fringe (therefore, taking m = 1)
Solving for , we find the wavelength: