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MHT CET · Physics · Wave Optics

Two monochromatic beams of intensities I and 4I respectively are superposed to form a steady interference pattern. The maximum and minimum intensities in the pattern are

  1. A \(4 \mathrm{I}\) and \(\mathrm{I}\)
  2. B 9I and \(3 \mathrm{I}\)
  3. C \(5 \mathrm{I}\) and \(3 \mathrm{I}\)
  4. D 9I and I
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(D) 9I and I

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\(\begin{aligned} & I_{\max }=I+4 I+2 \sqrt{(I)(4 I)}=9 I \\ & I_{\min }=I+4 I-2 \sqrt{(I)(4 I)}=I\end{aligned}\)