In a Young's double-slit interference apparatus, by what factor is the distance between adjacent light and dark fringes changed when the separation between slits is tripled?

a. 1/9
b. 1/3
c. 1
d. 3
e. 9


b

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a. 12.3° c. 22.7° b. 38.0° d. 27.7°

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The symbol indicating the number of protons in a nucleus is __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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During winter at a particular pole on Mars, some of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

A) freezes out onto the surface B) escapes into space C) condenses into liquid on the surface D) is destroyed by ultraviolet radiation from the Sun

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