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A screen is placed at `50cm` from a single slit, which is illuminated with `600nm` light. If separation between the first and third minima in the diffraction pattern is `3.0mm`, then width of the slit is:

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To find the width of the slit given the parameters of the problem, we can use the formula for the position of minima in a single-slit diffraction pattern. The position of the minima is given by the formula: \[ y_m = \frac{m \lambda L}{a} \] where: - \(y_m\) is the position of the m-th minima, ...
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