Question: (a) If the first-order maximum for pure- wavelength light falling on a double slit is at an angle of 10.0, at what angle is the

(a) If the first-order maximum for pure- wavelength light falling on a double slit is at an angle of 10.0°, at what angle is the second-order maximum? 

(b) What is the angle of the first minimum? 

(c) What is the highest-order maximum possible here?

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