(a) How wide is a single slit that produces its first minimum for 633-nm light at an angle of 28.0º ? (b) At what angle will the second minimum be?

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 (a) How wide is a single slit that produces its first minimum for 633-nm light at an angle of 28.0º ? (b) At what angle will the second minimum be?

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