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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Wave Optics

In a double slit experiment, when the distance between slits is increased 10 times, while their distance from the screen is halved, then the fringe width

  1. A becomes \(\left(\frac{1}{20}\right)\) times the original
  2. B becomes \(\left(\frac{1}{90}\right)\) times the original
  3. C remains the same
  4. D becomes \(\left(\frac{1}{10}\right)\) times the original
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(A) becomes \(\left(\frac{1}{20}\right)\) times the original

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Case 1 Fringe width, \(\beta_1=\frac{\lambda D_1}{d_1}\) Case 2 Fringe width, \(\beta_2=\frac{\lambda D_2}{d_2}\)…