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 1080: 101

Answer

$d=33\mu m$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $dsin(\theta)=\lambda$ This can be written as: $d=\frac{\lambda}{sin(\theta)}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $d=\frac{589nm}{sin(0.018)}=33\mu m$
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