Physics help please @_@

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  1. qwerty

    qwerty Newbie

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    Coherent Monochromatic light of wavelength H in air is incident on two narrow slits, the centers of which are 2 mm apart. The interference pattern is observed on a screen 5.0 m away is represented on a graph of light intensity I as a function of position x on the screen.

    a) What property of light does this interference experiment demonstrate?

    b) At point P in the diagram, there is a minimum in the interference pattern. Determine the path difference between the light arriving at this point from the two slits. (P is 1.5 wavelengths up from 0 on the screen)

    c) Determine the wavelength of light.
     
  2. Karuken

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    Edit: The first answer is pretty simple.

    A) Property of Light is Interference.

    Working on the others...

    Edit2: After about 30 mins I think I've found the answer to C

    C) Wavelength = 10x6^-4
    Although visible light ranges from 400-700-ish nanometers (10^-9) in wavelength, so this light must have a much shorter wavelength than visible light...or I did my math wrong!
     
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