White light passes through a diffraction grating with lines per centimeter

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

Problem

White light passes through a diffraction grating with 5.0×1035.0 \times 10^3 lines per centimeter. Determine whether the second-order blue line (λ=450 nm\lambda = 450\,\text{nm}) occurs at a larger or smaller angle than the first-order red line (λ=680 nm\lambda = 680\,\text{nm}). Support your answer with a numerical comparison and state whether these two lines overlap on the screen.

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