Evaluate the wavelength of the light

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A Michelson interferometer is illuminated with monochromatic light. One of its mirrors is moved 2.53 x 10^-5 meter, and it is observed that92 fringe pairs, bright and dark, pass by in the process. Evaluate the wavelength of the light.

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