The picture shows the interference pottern obtained in a double-slit experiment with monochromatic light of wavelength a. The distance shown between intensity maxima is y = 3 mwm. How far away (in mm) from the central maxima is the location where the two waes have a path difference of exactly 3.5 2?

The picture shows the interference pottern obtained in a double-slit experiment with monochromatic light of wavelength a. The distance shown between intensity maxima is y = 3 mwm. How far away (in mm) from the central maxima is the location where the two waes have a path difference of exactly 3.5 2?

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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