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why does the intensity of secondary maximas keep on decreasing while moving to higher order maximas?

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If case of diffraction of light , the maxima is formed due to the super position of wavelets generating from the a wave front , hence the intensity of secondary maxima keep on decreasing while moving to higher order maxima .

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