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A parallel beam of monochromatic light falls normally on single narrow slit. The angular width of the central maximum in the resulting diffraction pattern

  1. A decrease with decrease of slit width
  2. B decreases with increase of slit width
  3. C increases with increase of slit width
  4. D may increase or decrease
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(B) decreases with increase of slit width

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Width of central maximum, \(\beta=\frac{2 \lambda D}{d} \propto \frac{1}{d}\), where \(d\) is width of the slit. "The angular width of central maximum decreases with increase of slit width."
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