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Transcribed Image Text:28. Monochromatic light coming from the left passes through a slit S and then falls on a metal
sheet with two slits B and C as shown below. The slits are the same width. The light then falls on a
screen.
5.0 m
с
-10.0
The intensity pattern shown below is centered at P.
0 3
Distance (cm)
The wavelength of the light is closest to
(a) 1.5 x 105 cm
(b) 4.5 x 105 cm
(c) 5.0 x 105 cm
(d) 7.5 x 105 cm
(e) 15 x 105 cm
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