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    Why doesn't multiplying fringe spacing by 2 give the second dark fringe location?

    Careless error on my part thanks for the help. This question can be marked as solved if that's a thing on these forums
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    Why doesn't multiplying fringe spacing by 2 give the second dark fringe location?

    oh I see now thank you! I think my method would have only worked if the question was asking for the second bright fringe, as the distance from the central maximum to the first dark band would not be delta X but would be 1/2ΔX
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    Why doesn't multiplying fringe spacing by 2 give the second dark fringe location?

    I thought it wasn't necessary as it was more an issue with the concept as I was able to reach the correct answer on my own using the Xn formula, so sorry! Updated
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    Why doesn't multiplying fringe spacing by 2 give the second dark fringe location?

    Homework Statement A light source shines light of wavelength 490nm onto a pair of slits separated by 0.44m. Calculate the angular location and the location in cm of the second order dark fringes on a screen 1.4m from the slit Homework Equations Xn = (n-1/2)L lambda/d delta x = L lambda/d The...