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Chapter 35, Problem 15PQ
Light from a sodium vapor lamp (λ = 589 nm) forms an interference pattern on a screen 0.80 m from a pair of slits in a double-slit experiment. The bright fringes near the center of the pattern are 0.35 cm apart. Determine the separation between the slits. Assume the small-angle approximation is valid here.
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