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Light from a mercury vapor lamp is passed through a diffraction grating with 1000 slits set 1.00 meters from a screen. The visible wavelengths of the prominent spectral emission lines of mercury are purple ( , blue , blue- green , greenish yellow , yellow (579nm), orange , and red . Write only your word/numerical answer with no units with three significant digits. kreury (He) a. What color is the closest fringe to the central maximum? b. How far, , in meters is the first fringe from the central maximum? c. What is the angle, , of the first fringe measured from the central maximum? d. What is the difference in the two angles between the first and the last fringe?


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