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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

In a double slit experiment, if the distance between the slits be reduced to half, then the new fringe width will be

  1. A the same
  2. B doubled
  3. C halved
  4. D one-fourth
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(B) doubled

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Fringe width \(\beta = \frac{\lambda D}{d}\) New slit distance \(d' = d/2\) New fringe width \(\beta' = \frac{\lambda D}{d'} = \frac{\lambda D}{d/2} = 2 \frac{\lambda D}{d} = 2\beta\) The new fringe width will be doubled.