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In Young's double slits experiment, the position of 5th bright fringe from the central maximum is 5 cm. The distance between slits and screen is 1 m and wavelength of used monochromatic light is 600 nm. The separation between the slits is:
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Options:
  • A 60 μm
  • B 48 μm
  • C 12 μm
  • D 36 μm
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 60 μm

Given here, 

D=1 mλ=600×10-9 m and n=5

Distance of nth bright fringe is given by,  yn=nλDd, where, d is separation between the slits.

5×600×10-9×1d=5×10-2

d=5×600×10-9×15×10-2=60×10-6 m

d=60 μm.

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