When 400-nm red light is incident on a vertically oriented diffraction grating that is 3.2 cm wide, a fourth-order maximum is observed on a vertical screen at 300 from the horizontal line that connects the grating to the screen. How many total lines are on the grating

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When 400-nm red light is incident on a vertically oriented diffraction grating that is 3.2 cm wide, a fourth-order maximum is observed on a vertical screen at 300 from the horizontal line that connects the grating to the screen. How many total lines are on the grating?

a. 9,000 lines

 b. 8,000 lines

 c. 6,000 lines

 d. 10,000 lines

 e. 7,000 lines

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