A laboratory has two optical setups illuminated by the same monochromatic laser at…

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A laboratory has two optical setups illuminated by the same monochromatic laser at equal distances from their screens. • Setup X produces many extremely sharp, narrowly spaced bright lines with almost no light between them. • Setup Y produces bright and dark fringes of moderate width that lie within a broad central envelope. Which statement best identifies the most probable configuration of each setup? (a) X is a diffraction grating with hundreds of parallel slits; Y is a single-slit aperture (b) X is a double-slit apparatus; Y is a diffraction grating with many slits (c) X is a diffraction grating with hundreds of parallel slits; Y is a double-slit apparatus (d) X is a double-slit with slit separation comparable to slit width; Y is a single-slit aperture

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