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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
24
The Wave Nature of Light
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24-3: Double-Slit Interference
24-4: Visible Spectrum; Dispersion
24-5: Single-Slit Diffraction
24-6 and 24-7: Diffraction Gratings
24-8: Thin-Film Interference
24-9: Michelson Interferometer
24-10: Polarization

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 21
Q

If 680-nm light falls on a slit 0.0425 mm wide, what is the angular width of the central diffraction peak?

A
1.81.8^\circ
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