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A grating has exactly 8000 slits uniformly spaced over 2.54 cm and is illuminated by light from a mercury vapor discharge lamp. What is the expected angle for the third-order maximum of the green line (λ=546nm\lambda = 546 \mathrm { nm })?

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Givens:\textbf{Givens:}

N=8000  slitsN = 8000\; \text{slits}

X=2.54  cmX = 2.54\; \text{cm}

λ=546  nm\lambda = 546\; \text{nm}

m=3m = 3

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