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camptonacad
Dec 8, 2012, 03:13 AM
Monochromatic light passes through two slits separated by a distance of 0.034 mm. If the angle to the third maximum above the central fringe is 3.41 degrees, what is the wavelength of the light?

I tried to work it out and got 632.8 nm, but apparently that's not right. Can someone help?