1. Give one reason why you cannot use two separate light sources for Young's double slit experiment. Expound your answer. 2. Explain how the two slits in a double-slit experiment are able to produce a coherent light source.

1. Give one reason why you cannot use two separate light sources for Young's double slit experiment. Expound your answer. 2. Explain how the two slits in a double-slit experiment are able to produce a coherent light source.

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1. Give one reason why you cannot use two separate
light sources for Young's double slit experiment.
Expound your answer.
2. Explain how the two slits in a double-slit
experiment are able to produce a coherent light
source.
3. Enumerate three applications or use of thin-film
interference.
4. Describe two proofs that support the wave nature
of light.
5. Why is light sometimes described as rays and
sometimes as waves?

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