Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
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Chapter 36 - Diffraction - Problems - Page 1113: 60

Answer

$N=491$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $N=\frac{\lambda_{avg}}{m\Delta \lambda}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $N=\frac{\frac{589.6nm+589.0nm}{2}}{2(589.6nm-589.0nm)}=491$
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