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(a) Assume that the light of wavelength 6000 Å is coming from a star. Find the limit of resolution of a telescope whose objective has a diameter of 250 cm. (b) Two slits are made 1 mm apart and the screen is placed 1m away. What should be the width of each slit to obtain 10 maxima of the double-slit patterns within the central maximum of the single-slit pattern?

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Solution :(a) ` lambda = 6000 Å`
`D = 250 cm = 250 xx 10^(-2) m`
Limit of resolution = `(1.22 lambda)/D = (1.22 xx 6000 xx 10^(-10))/(250 xx 10^(-2))`
`= 29.28 xx 10^(-8) m`.
(B) `d = 1 MM = 1 xx 10^(-8) m`
`D = 1m`
Width of 10 MAXIMA of double -slit pattern
`= (10 lambda D)/(d)`
The width of central maxima of single-slit pattern
`=(2 lambda D)/a`
a is aperture of slit
`:. (10 lambda D)/d = (2 lambda D)/(a) a = (2 lambda d)/(10 lambda D)`
`a = (2D)/(10 D)`
`= (2 xx 10^(-3))/(10)`
`= 2 xx 10^(-4) m`.


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