The yellow light from a sodium vapor lamp seems to be monochromatic, but it produces two...

The yellow light from a sodium vapor lamp seems to be monochromatic, but it produces two distinct first-order maxima at 36.09° and 36.133° when projected through a 10,000 line per centimeter diffraction grating.

a.What is the wavelength, in nanometers, producing the first maximum, to an accuracy of at least 0.1 nm?

b.What is the wavelength, in nanometers, producing the second maximum, to an accuracy of at least 0.1 nm?

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The concept used in this question is of diffraction and the conditions for maxima , after applying this concept i deduced the wavlengths of incident yellow light .

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