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A 400-Cm Wide Diffraction Grating with 650 Grooves Per Cm Is

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A 4.00-cm wide diffraction grating with 650 grooves per cm is used to resolve two closely spaced lines (a doublet) in a spectrum.The doublet consists of two wavelengths, λ\lambda a = 629.8 nm and λ\lambda b = 630.2 nm.What fraction of the grating width needs to be illuminated in order to resolve these two lines in first order?


A) 31%
B) 41%
C) 51%
D) 61%
E) 71%

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