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An interferometer is used to measure the length of a bacterium. The wavelength of the light used is 650 nm.

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An interferometer is used to measure the length of a bacterium. The wavelength of the light used is 650 nm. As one arm of the interferometer is moved from one end of the cell to the other, 310 fringe shifts are counted. How long is the bacterium?

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