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 1115: 97

Answer

$d=36cm$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $\theta=\frac{y}{L}=1.22(\frac{\lambda}{d})$ This can be rearranged as: $d=1.22\frac{L\lambda}{y}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $d=1.22\times \frac{160\times 10^3\times 550\times 10^{-9}}{0.30}=36\times 10^{-2}m=36cm$
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