Reddish light of wavelength 6.0 X 10-7 m passes through two parallel slits.Nodal lines are produced on a screen 3.0 m away. The distance between the first and the tenth nodal lines is 5.0 cm. Calculate the separation of the two slits.

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Reddish light of wavelength 6.0 X 10-7 m passes through two parallel slits.Nodal lines are produced on a screen 3.0 m away. The distance between the first and the tenth nodal lines is 5.0 cm. Calculate the separation of the two slits.

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Wavelength = 6.0*10-7

Screen distance,D = 3.0 m 

Distance between first and tenth nodel line is 5.0 cm 

The slit separation is ,d=?????

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