= wavelength

(metres – m)
= fringe spacing

= distance to screen

= slit spacing

•d is the width of the slit,

 
•is the angle of incidence at which the minimum intensity occurs, and

•  is the wavelength of the light

A similar argument can be used to show that if we imagine the slit to be
divided into four, six, eight parts, etc., minima are obtained at angles θn given
by