Some light is passing through a double-slit and is creating an interference pattern on a screen that is 2.00 m away. The slits are separated by 2.50 x 103 m. The light is not visible, i.e. not within the visible spectrum, but you detect the third dark fringe at a distance 2.50 x 10-2 m above the central bright fringe using a sensor. What is the wavelength of the light?

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Some light is passing through a double-slit and is creating an interference pattern on a screen that is 2.00 m away. The slits are separated by 2.50 x 103 m. The light is not visible, i.e. not within the visible spectrum, but you detect the third dark fringe at a distance 2.50 x 10-2 m above the central bright fringe using a sensor.

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