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Homework Statement
Light of wavelength 587.5 nm illuminates a single 0.75 mm wide slit. (a) At what distance from the slit should a screen be placed if the first minimum in the diffraction pattern is to be 0.85 mm from the central maximum? (b) Calculate the width of the central maximum.
Use the small angle approximation.
lambda = 587.5 nm
y=0.85 mm
a=0.75 mm
Homework Equations
y=L*lambda/a
The Attempt at a Solution
I easily found part a to be L = 0.0109 m. But i am having trouble finding out part b.
I tried 2*0.0109 m = .0218 but i don't know if that's right since i don't have the answer.
Any help is appreciated.