Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 36 - Diffraction - Problems - Page 1114: 88

Answer

$\frac{a}{\lambda}=3.32$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $a sin(\theta)=m\lambda$ This can be rearranged as: $\frac{a}{\lambda}=\frac{m}{sin({\theta})}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{a}{\lambda}=\frac{2}{sin(37^{\circ})}=3.32$
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