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Light of wavelength 6328 ˙A is incident on a slit having a width of 0.2 mm. The width of the central maximum, measured from minimum to minimum of the diffraction pattern on a screen 9.0 metre away will be about:

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0.36 degrees
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0.18 degrees
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0.72 degrees
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0.09 degrees
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Solution

The correct option is A 0.36 degrees
Angular width of central max = θ=2λe=2×6328×10100.2×103,θ=0.36

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