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The picture shows the interference pattern obtained in a double-slit experiment with monochromatic light of wavelength 650 nm. The distance shown between intensity maxima is y = 4 mm.
How far away (in mm) from the central maxima is the location where the two waves have a path difference of exactly 1950 nm?
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