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Chapter 14.1, Problem 1aT
In the magnified view of the slits, an arrow is drawn showing the direction from slit
• draw an arrow to indicate the approximate direction from slit
• identify and label the line segment that represents the path length difference from the slits to point X.
For small angles ( (where ( is measured in radians), what is the approximate path length difference?
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