A Young's double-slit apparatus is set up where a screen is positioned 0.80 m from the double slits. If the distance between alternating bright fringes is 0.83 cm, and the light source has a wavelength of 580 nm, what is the separation of the double slits? (1 nm = 10-9 m)

a. 6.0 × 10^-5 m
c. 4.9 × 10^-5 m
b. 2.8 × 10^-5 m
d. 5.6 × 10^-5 m


D

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