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 1006: 48

Answer

$51cm$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\theta=sin^{-1}(\frac{3\lambda}{W})$ $\theta=sin^{-1}[\frac{(3)(676\times 10^{-9}m)}{7.64\times 10^{-6}m}]=15.39^{\circ}$ Now $y=Ltan\theta$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $y=(1.85m)tan(15.39^{\circ})$ $y=50.9cm=51cm$
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