Question: A very thin sheet of brass contains two thin parallel slits. When a laser beam shines on these slits at normal incidence and room temperature

A very thin sheet of brass contains two thin parallel slits. When a laser beam shines on these slits at normal incidence and room temperature (20.0oC), the first interference dark fringes occur at ±325° from the original direction of the laser beam when viewed from some distance. If this sheet is now slowly heated up to 135°C, by how many degrees do these dark fringes change position? Do they move closer together or get farther apart? See
Table 17.1 for pertinent information, and ignore any effects that might occur due to change in the thickness of the slits.

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