// Scilab code Ex4.7 : Pg:146 (2008) clc;clear; D = 80; // Distance between the source and the screen, cm d = 0.018/2; // Separation between two coherent sources, cm n = 4; // Number of the fringe x_n = 1.08; // Distance of nth bright fringe from the center of central fringe, cm // As x_n = n*Lambda*D/(2*d), solving for Lambda Lambda = x_n*2*d/(n*D); // wavelength of light, Angstorm printf("\nThe wavelength of light used = %4.0f angstrom", Lambda/1e-008); // Result // The wavelength of light used = 6075 angstrom