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Red light from a distant point source is incident on a mask with ten identical, evenly-spaced, very narrow slits. (See diagrams at right and below.)
On the magnified view below, label the line segment of length that represent how much farther light must travel from slit 1 than from slit 2 reach point X on a distant screen.
What is the smallest value of
The minimum that corresponds to this smallest value of
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