A 15.0-cm-long grating has 6.00 x 103 slits per centimeter. Can two lines of wavelengths 600.000 nm and 600.003 nm be separated with this grating? Explain.

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A 15.0-cm-long grating has 6.00 x 103 slits per centimeter. Can two lines of wavelengths 600.000 nm and 600.003 nm be separated with this grating? Explain.

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