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A beam of green light is made to pass through two slits that are 5.0 x 10−3 meters apart. On a screen 4.0 meters away from the slits, an interference pattern appears with bands of light separated by 4.2 x 10−4 meters. What is the
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3.6 x 10−8 m |
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5.9 x 10−7 m |
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5.3 x 10−7 m |
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3.9 x 10−6 m |
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