A beam of electrons with kinetic energy 45 keV is shotthrough two narrow slits in a barrier. The slits are a distance 2.0 x 10-6 m apart. If a screen is placed 45.0 cm behind the barrier, calculate the spacing between the “bright” fringes of the interference pattern produced on the screen

A beam of electrons with kinetic energy 45 keV is shotthrough two narrow slits in a barrier. The slits are a distance 2.0 x 10-6 m apart. If a screen is placed 45.0 cm behind the barrier, calculate the spacing between the “bright” fringes of the interference pattern produced on the screen

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