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YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions

If fringe width is 0.40.4 mm, the distance between fifth bright and third dark band on the same side in interference pattern of Young's double slit experiment is (in mm)

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Answer: (a)

  1. nnth bright: y=nβy = n\beta; nnth dark: y=(n−12)βy = (n - \frac{1}{2})\beta
  2. 5th bright =5β= 5\beta, 3rd dark =2.5β= 2.5\beta
  3. Distance =2.5β=2.5×0.4=1= 2.5\beta = 2.5\times0.4 = 1 mm, so the answer is (a).
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