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A spectrum of visible light colors from 400 nm to 700 nm is incident on a...

A spectrum of visible light colors from 400 nm to 700 nm is incident on a diffraction grating that has 500 lines per mm, projecting a pattern on a screen 2.4 m behind the grating.

a. Determine the width of the spectrum that corresponds to m = 1 b. How much distance separates the end of the m = 1 spectrum

and the start of the m = 2 spectrum?

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