A single slit of width 0.040 mm is placed 1.20 m from a screen

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Problem

A single slit of width 0.040 mm is placed 1.20 m from a screen. On one side of the central maximum, the first three dark bands are measured at 1.7 cm, 3.4 cm, and 5.1 cm, respectively. Determine the best estimate of the light’s wavelength by averaging the values obtained from these three orders.

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