In a double-slit experiment, if the central diffraction peak contains 15 visible interference fringes how many visible fringes are contained within the secondary diffraction peak ? Assume the first diffraction minimum occurs at an interference minimum.

In a double-slit experiment, if the central diffraction peak contains 15 visible interference fringes how many visible fringes are contained within the secondary diffraction peak ? Assume the first diffraction minimum occurs at an interference minimum.

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