A beam of monochromatic green light is diffracted by a slit of width 0.500 mm. The...

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A beam of monochromatic green light is diffracted by a slit ofwidth 0.500 mm. The diffraction pattern forms on a wall 2.06 mbeyond the slit. The distance between the positions of zerointensity on both sides of the central bright fringe is 5.10 mm.Calculate the wavelength of the light.

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The condition for zero intensity is that the waves from different parts of the slit interfere destructively This occurs when the pathlength differs by 12 wavelength The pathlength    See Answer
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