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In His Double-Slit Experiment, Thomas Young Used Just a Single

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In his double-slit experiment, Thomas Young used just a single color of light. Suppose he had used a mixture of two colors. What result would he have obtained?


A) The two waves would have canceled each other out, and he would have seen nothing. This is why he used only one color.
B) Two patterns would have formed, one on each color, exactly on top of each other.
C) Two similar patterns would have formed with the light of the shorter wavelength forming the more closely spaced pattern.
D) Two similar patterns would have formed with the light of the longer wavelength forming the more closely spaced pattern.

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