Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1004: 17

Answer

$623nm$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required wavelength as follows: $\lambda=\frac{dsin\theta}{m}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\lambda=\frac{(0.0334\times 10^{-3}m)(sin(3.21^{\circ}))}{3}$ $\lambda=6.23\times 10^{-7}m$ $\lambda=623\times 10^{-9}m$ $\lambda=623nm$
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