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Homework Statement
Find at which angles θ the interference picture that appears on a distant screen
made by three thin slits separated by distance d and enlightened by a source of wavelength λ (see figure)
a) Shows its maxima.
b) Shows its minima.
multiple slit diffraction, d, ##\lambda##, ##\theta##
Homework Equations
$$dsin\theta=m\lambda$$
$$dsin\theta=(m\lambda)/3$$
$$E(t)=E_0cos(k(r_2-r_1)-\omega(t))$$
$$t=top,m=middle,b=bottom$$
The Attempt at a Solution
$$E_t=E_0cos(k(r_t-r_b)-\omega(t))$$
$$E_m=E_0cos(k(r_t-r_m)-\omega(t))$$
$$E_b=E_0cos(-\omega(t))$$
However, the solutions gives me something like this.
My thought process was that the top ray travels the most or has the biggest path difference. I don't get why the solutions give me these equations. Or am I getting my path differences mixed up? Thanks for the help.