Question: Light from a very tiny lightbulb passes through a hole of diameter 0.15 m in a dark screen that is 2.5 m away (Fig. P24.1).

Light from a very tiny lightbulb passes through a hole of diameter 0.15 m in a dark screen that is 2.5 m away (Fig. P24.1). Assume the light travels as ideal rays as it passes from the bulb, through the hole, and onto a second screen on the far right in Figure P24.1. If the light rays illuminate a spot of diameter 0.65 m on the second screen, what is the spacing between the two screens? 


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