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In Young's double slit experiment, the slits are 2mm apart are illuminated by photons of two wavelengths I1=12000˚A and I2=10000˚A. at what minimum distance from the common central bright fringe on the screen 2m from the slit will a bright fringe from one interference pattern coincide with a bright fringe from the other?

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8 mm
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6 mm
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4 mm
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3 mm
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Solution

The correct option is B 6 mm
Now, from the question we can infer that
n1λ1=n2λ2
so,
n1n2=λ2λ1
or
n1n2=10000A12000A
thus,we have
n1n2=56
5th and 6th fringes will coincide respectively.
the minimum distance is given as
Xmin=n1λ1Dd
here,
n1=5
D = 2m
d = 2mm = 2×103m
so,
Xmin=[5×12000×1010×2]2×103
thus, we get
Xmin = 6mm

hence B option is the correct answer

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