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A collimated beam of mercury green light at 546.1 nm is normally incident on a slit 0.015...

A collimated beam of mercury green light at 546.1 nm is normally incident on a slit 0.015 cm wide. A lens of focal length 60 cm is placed behind the slit. A diffraction pattern is formed on a screen placed in the focal plane of the lens. Determine the distance between (a) the central maximum and first minimum and (b) the first and second minima.

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