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: 64

Answer

$\theta_{min}=2.9^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $\theta_{min}=sin^{-1}(\frac{m\lambda}{2d})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\theta_{min}=sin^{-1}{\frac{1(30pm)}{2(0.30\times 10^{30}pm)}}=2.9^{\circ}$
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