Waves from two slits are in phase at the slits and travel to a distant screen to produce the second minimum of the interference pattern. The difference in the distance traveled by the wave is: Group of answer choices three wavelengths three halves of a wavelength half a wavelength a wavelength two wavelengths

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Waves from two slits are in phase at the slits and travel to a distant screen to produce the second minimum of the interference pattern. The difference in the distance traveled by the wave is: Group of answer choices three wavelengths three halves of a wavelength half a wavelength a wavelength two wavelengths

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three halves of a wavelength

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path difference between waves at minimum is (2n+1) * wavelength / 2 therefore at second minimum it is for n=1=1.5 times a wavelength. or three halves a wavelength