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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Wave Optics

Question:

Light of wavelength λ is incident on a slit. First minima of the diffraction pattern is found to lie at a distance of 6 mm from the central maximum on a screen placed at a distance of 2 m from the slit. If slit width is 0.2 mm, then wavelength of the light used will be

Options:

4000 Å

6000 Å

7000 Å

7400 Å

Correct Answer:

6000 Å

Explanation:

$a\,\sin θ=nλ$

$a.\frac{x}{D}=nλ$ or $λ=\frac{ax}{nD}$

or $λ=\frac{2×10^{-4}×6×10^{-3}}{1×2}=6000Å$