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The spacing between two slits is 5.90×10^-3 m in a Young's double slit experiment. The distance from the slits to the screen is 1.00 m, and the distance from the central bright maximum to the third maxima is 2.50x10^-4 m. Determine the wavelength of the incident light used in the experiment. Include a labelled diagram.
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