//Example 1.9 clc(); clear; //To calculate diameter of the fifth bright ring n=5 lamda=5460 //units in armstrongs lamda=lamda*10^-6 //units in cm f=400 //units in cm u=1.5 R=(u-1)*2*f //units in cm diameter=sqrt(2*(2*n-1)*lamda*R) printf("Diameter of the 5th bright ring is %.4fcm",diameter) //In text book the answer is printed wrong as 0.627cm //The correct answer is 6.269 cms