In a single-slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit is halved. The width of…
Physics · Class 12 · CBSE — Wave Optics
In a single-slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit is halved. The width of the central maximum, in the diffraction pattern, will become:
- half
- twice
- four times
- one-fourth
Answer
(B) twice
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