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Chapter 25.7, Problem 3aTH
Unpolarized red light is incident on two identical, narrow vertical slits. The photograph at right shows the interference pattern that appears on a distant screen.
- Specify the quantity or quantities that are adding to zero at the interference minima. (“The light waves from the two slits are adding to zero” is not a sufficient answer.)
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