A thin film of oil (n = 1.25) is located on smooth, wet pavement. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to the pavement, the film reflects most strongly red light at 6.40 X 102 nm and reflects no green light at 512 nm. (a) What is the minimum thickness of the oil film? (b) Let m, corre- spond to the order of the constructive interference and m2 to the order of the destructive interference. Obtain a relation- ship between m, and m, that is consistent with the given data.

A thin film of oil (n = 1.25) is located on smooth, wet pavement. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to the pavement, the film reflects most strongly red light at 6.40 X 102 nm and reflects no green light at 512 nm. (a) What is the minimum thickness of the oil film? (b) Let m, corre- spond to the order of the constructive interference and m2 to the order of the destructive interference. Obtain a relation- ship between m, and m, that is consistent with the given data.

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A thin film of oil (n = 1.25) is located on smooth, wet
pavement. When viewed from a direction perpendicular
to the pavement, the film reflects most strongly red light at
6.40 X 102 nm and reflects no green light at 512 nm. (a) What
is the minimum thickness of the oil film? (b) Let m, corre-
spond to the order of the constructive interference and m2 to
the order of the destructive interference. Obtain a relation-
ship between m, and m, that is consistent with the given data.

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