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Two narrow slits are 0.12 mm apart. Light of wavelength 550 nm illuminates the slits, causing an interference pattern on a screen 1.0 m away. Light from each slit travels to the m = 1 maximum on the right side of the central maximum. How much farther did the light from the left slit travel than the light from the right slit?
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