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Moe asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 8 years ago

physics question help?

In Young’s double-slit interference experiment, if the rays that reach point P on the viewing screen have a path length difference of 2.0 wavelengths, which describes the interference at P?

It is the central bright fringe.

It is the first dark fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

It is the first bright fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

It is the second dark fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

It is the second bright fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

It is the third dark fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

It is the third bright fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

It is the fourth dark fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

It is the fourth bright fringe to either side of the central bright fringe.

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  • 8 years ago
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    I think you're talking about the optical path difference and not the path length

    It is the second bright fringe

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