Light of wavelength 600 nm passes though two slits separated by 0.25 mm and is observed on a screen 1.4 m behind the slits. The location of the central maximum is marked on the screen and labeled y = 0.

At what distance, on either side of y = 0, are the m = 1 bright fringes ?

y = 3.36 mm

Explanation:

The wavelength of the light,

Separation between the two slits, d = 0.25 mm

The separation between the light image and the screen, L = 1.4 m

m = 1

the distance of the bright fringes from the central maximum,

y = 0.00336 m

y = 3.36 mm

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(i) wavelength of light

(ii) size of the scattering particle  

(iii) distance traveled by light through the atmosphere.

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as sunlight enters the earth's atmosphere, blue light is scattered away and at the end of its journey in the sky, only red and orange wavelengths remain in the beam.

hence at sunrise and sunset, the sky appears reddish orange.