Light of wavelength passes through two identical slits

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Waves · Waves

Problem

Light of wavelength λ\lambda passes through two identical slits, each of width aa, separated by center-to-center distance dd. When a=3da=3d, observers find that the third–order bright fringe is absent from the interference pattern. In one or two sentences, explain why this bright fringe does not appear.

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