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Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18M.2.HL.TZ1.b.ii
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
Command term Deduce Question number b.ii Adapted from N/A
b.ii.
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18M.2.HL.TZ1.b.ii

A beam of coherent monochromatic light from a distant galaxy is used in an optics experiment on Earth.

The graph of variation of intensity with diffraction angle for this experiment is shown.

M18/4/PHYSI/HP2/ENG/TZ1/03.b

Deduce, in mm, the width of one slit.

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Markscheme

use of diffraction formula «b = λ θ »

OR

633.0 × 10 9 0.00844

«=» 7.5«00» × 10–2 «mm»

 

Allow ECF from (b)(i).

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