Light of wavelength 585.5 nm illuminates a slit of width 0.80 mm. (a) At what distance from the slit should a screen be placed if the first minimum in the diffraction pattern is to be 0.87 mm from the central maximum? (b) Calculate the width of the central maximum. mm

Light of wavelength 585.5 nm illuminates a slit of width 0.80 mm. (a) At what distance from the slit should a screen be placed if the first minimum in the diffraction pattern is to be 0.87 mm from the central maximum? (b) Calculate the width of the central maximum. mm

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Light of wavelength 585.5 nm illuminates a slit of width 0.80 mm.
(a) At what distance from the slit should a screen be placed if the first
minimum in the diffraction pattern is to be 0.87 mm from the central
maximum?
m
(b) Calculate the width of the central maximum.
mm
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