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Chapter 11.3, Problem 3aT
Suppose that coherent red light were incident on a mask with four narrow slits a distance d apart.
Use the transparencies of sinusoidal curves to find the smallest value of
Which integer multiples of this value of
Which values of
How many minima are three between adjacent principal maxima?
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