A double-slit has a separation of and is illuminated with light

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Problem

A double-slit has a separation of 0.25 mm0.25\,\text{mm} and is illuminated with 610 nm610\,\text{nm} light. Determine the largest integer order mm for which the fractional error between θ\theta and sin⁡θ\sin\theta remains less than 2.0%2.0\%.

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