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Measure the position of as many bright
maxima as you can clearly see as the microscope exits the shadow, and the
minima between them. Tabulate your data. Since these measurements have an
arbitrary origin, the values you have listed are really
, where
is an unknown constant.
John Kielkopf
2001-01-23