Light of wavelength 610 nm is incident on a slit of width 0.20 mm, and a diffraction pattern is produced on a screen that is 2.0 m from the slit. What is the distance of the second dark fringe from the center of the central bright fringe? (1 nm = 10-9 m)

a. 1.4 cm
c. 0.68 cm
b. 1.2 cm
d. 0.92 cm


B

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