A screen is placed 1.50 m behind a single slit. The central maximum in the resulting diffraction
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A screen is placed 1.50 m behind a single slit. The central maximum in the resulting diffraction pattern on the screen is 1.60 cm wide-that is, the two first-order diffraction minima are separated by 1.60 cm. What is the distance between the two second order minima?
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