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Chapter 35 Problem 70

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In Fig. 35-44, a broad beam of light of wavelength 620 nm is sent directly downward through the top plate of a pair of glass plates touching at the left end. The air between the plates acts as a thin film, and an interference pattern can be seen from above the L 285 3rd 415 380 325 2nd 2nd 210 2nd 200 2nd 3rd Incident light 382 342 482 632 587 612 plates. Initially, a dark fringe lies at the Fig. 35-44 left end, a bright fringe lies at the right 70-74. end, and nine dark fringes lie between those two end fringes. The plates are then very gradually squeezed together at a constant rate to decrease the angle between them. As a result, the fringe at the right side changes between being bright to being dark every 15.0 s. (a) At what rate is the spacing between the plates at the right end being changed? (b) By how much has the spacing there changed when both left and right ends have a dark fringe and there are five dark fringes between them?

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Title Fundamentals of Physics: 9 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9780470556535

In Fig. 35-44, a broad beam of light of wavelength 620 nm

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