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Sodium light of wavelengths 650 nm and 655 nm is used to study diffraction at a single slit of aperture 0.5 mm. The distance between the slit and the screen is 2.0 m. The separation between the positions of the first maxima of diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases is  ____×10-5 m.

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 asinθ=3λ2 yL=θ=3λ2a y1=3λ1L2a y2=3λ2L2a  L=2m λ2=655nm λ1=650nm a=0.5nm  Δy=y2y1=3(λ2λ1)2aL =3(655650)2×0.5×103×2×109 =3×5×21×103×109 =3×105

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Sodium light of wavelengths 650 nm and 655 nm is used to study diffraction at a single slit of aperture 0.5 mm. The distance between the slit and the screen is 2.0 m. The separation between the positions of the first maxima of diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases is  ____×10-5 m.