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A bolt of lightning heats the surrounding air to ~30,000 K — five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
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A bolt of lightning heats the surrounding air to ~30,000 K — five times hotter than the Sun's surface.
For Young's double slit experiment, two statements are given below:Statement I: If the screen is moved away from the plane of slits, angular separation of the fringes remains constant.Statement II: If the monochromatic source is replaced by another monochromatic source of larger wavelength, the angular separation of fringes decreases.In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
To solve this problem, we need to analyze the statements given in the context of Young's double slit experiment.In Young's double slit experiment, the angular separation of the fringes is given by:where is the wavelength of the light used and is the distance between the slits.Let's analyze each statement:• Statement I: If the screen is moved away from the plane of slits, angular separation of the fringes remains constant.The angular separation depends only on the wavelength and the slit separation It does not depend on the distance between the slits and the screen.Therefore, Statement I is true.• Statement II: If the monochromatic source is replaced by another monochromatic source of larger wavelength,the angular separation of fringes decreases.From the formula if increases, then increases as well.Therefore, Statement II is false.Based on the analysis, the correct option is:Statement I is true but Statement II is false.Thus, the correct answer is Option 3.
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