Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
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Chapter 35 - Interference - Problems - Page 1077: 72

Answer

$n_{air}=1.00025$

Work Step by Step

We know that $2L=m(\frac{\lambda}{n})$ This can be rearranged as: $\frac{n}{m}=\frac{\lambda}{2L}=constant$ $\implies \frac{n_{air}}{m_{air}}=\frac{n_{evac}}{m_{evac}}$ $n_{air}=\frac{n_{evac}}{m_{evac}}(n_{evac})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $n_{air}=(\frac{4001}{4000})(1)=1.00025$
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