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In a single-slit diffraction pattern, assuming each side maximum is halfway between the adjacent minima, find the ratio of the intensity of (a) the first-order maximum and (b) the second-order side maximum to the intensity of the central maximum.

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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