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Red blood cells have no nucleus, making more room to carry oxygen-binding haemoglobin.
In a diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width a, the first minimum is observed at an angle 30° when light of wavelength 5000 Å is incident on the slit. The first secondary maximum is observed at an angle of
sin⁻¹(1/2)
sin⁻¹(3/4)
sin⁻¹(1/4)
sin⁻¹(2/3)
To solve this problem, we need to understand the diffraction pattern due to a single slit.The condition for the first minimum in a single-slit diffraction pattern is given by:where is the order of the minimum ( for the first minimum), is the slit width, is the angle of diffraction, and is the wavelength of light.Given:ÅmFor the first minimum ():Since we have:mThe condition for the first secondary maximum is given by:For the first secondary maximum, (since it occurs between the first and second minima):Substitute the values of and Therefore, the angle for the first secondary maximum is This corresponds to Option 2.
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