When one of the slits in Young's experiment covered with a transparent sheet of thickness 3.6×10−3 cm the central fringe shifts to a position originally occupied by the 30th bright fringe. If λ=6000Å, the refractive index of the sheet is
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a
1.50
b
1.55
c
1.60
d
1.65
answer is A.
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The position of the 30th bright fringe is given byy30=30λDdHence the shift of the central fringe isy0=30λDd But y0=Dd(μ−1)t∴30λDd=Dd(μ−1)t or (μ−1)=30λt=30×6000×10−103.6×10−5=0.5∴ μ=1.5