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In the Young's double slit experiment two light beams of wavelengths λ=6000Ao and λ=4800Ao are used. The distance between two slits is 2.5mm. The distance between slits and the screen is 1.5m. The distance between the central maxima obtained with two beams will be

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zero
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1.872mm
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2.872mm
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2.652mm
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Solution

The correct option is A zero
By changing the wavelength, only the width of the fringes can be changed of central maxima but not its position. Therefore the difference would be zero.

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