Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 35 - Interference - Problems - Page 1078: 81

Answer

$n_2=1.00030$

Work Step by Step

As we know that $N_2-N_1=(\frac{2d}{\lambda})(n_2-n_1)$ This can be rearranged as: $n_2=n_1+\frac{\lambda(N_2-N_1)}{2d}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $n_2=1.00+\frac{(500\times 10^{-9}\times 60)}{2\times 0.05}=1.00030$
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