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Solved it. Thank you Kurdt.

Minimum Resolution Angle Problem Homework Statement The radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has a reflecting spherical bowl of 295 m diameter. Radio signals can be received and emitted at various frequencies with appropriate antennae at the focal point of the reflecting bowl. At a...

That explains what I did wrong. I figured it out. Thanks for all your help Delphi!

What did you get for your m? I took an m out after I divided the two equations, so it looked like m=(.5sinA)/sinB, which got me about .466330. I tried entering it and it wasn't right. My math is definitely wrong ._.

Homework Statement Light of 650 nm is incident on two slits. A maximum is seen at an angle of 10.93degrees and a minimum of 11.73degrees. What is the order m of the maximum? What is the distance d between the slits? Homework Equations dsin(theta)=m(lambda) - max...

I figured it out. Thanks for your help!

So you mean just set up the equation as 2t=(1+1/2)(550nm) Like that? Since that give me the distance, how would I solve for just the bright fringes?

Homework Statement Two optically flat plates of glass are separated at one end by a wire of diameter 0.250 mm; at the other end they touch. Thus, the air gap between the plates has a thickness ranging from 0 to 0.250 mm. The plates are 15.0 cm long and are illuminated from above with light...

Ah hah! I got it! Thank you so much Skeptic!

Okay...I got part two of the question, which was read straight off the graph...

Would the wavelength just be 3 cm, read straight from the graph? I tried that, but it didn't work. Sorry, but I'm a little confused with your explanation. Would the apparatus just move 1cm to get to destructive interference, and then another 1cm to get to constructive interference? I'm not...

Anyone? I'm really lost :/

Because of the constructive and destructive interference? And is is the phase shift?

Homework Statement A microwave transmitter (T) and receiver (R) are set up side by side as shown. https://chip.physics.purdue.edu/protected/Giambattista2EMimg/F25-5a.gif" Two flat metal plates (M) that are good reflectors for microwaves face the transmitter and receiver, several meters away...

B is changing, though. It said in the problem that "B decreases from 1.8T to 0T."