Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 36 - Diffraction - Questions - Page 1108: 7a

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If the lamp were switched from blue light to red light, you would be dealing with light of a longer wavelength. We can look at equation (36-12), diffraction of a circular aperture, to see how wavelength affects distance. $\sin \theta= 1.22 \frac{\lambda}{d}$ (first minimum—circular aperture). We can see that as the wavelength, $\lambda$, gets larger, the distance, d, must also get larger.
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