In a Single-Slit Experiment, Light of Wavelength 500 Nm Is

question 25

Multiple Choice

In a single-slit experiment, light of wavelength 500 nm is used to produce a diffraction pattern on a screen 4.0 m away. If the distance between both third-order minima is 6.0 cm, what is the slit width?

• A) 2.0 × 10^-4 m
• B) 1.0 × 10^-4 m
• C) 4.0 × 10^-4 m
• D) 0.67 × 10^-4 m
• E) 0.44 × 10^-4 m

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