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JEE Main 2020Wave Optics Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2020 (Online) 6th September Evening Slot

Question

A Young's double-slit experiment is performed using monochromatic light of wavelength . The intensity of light at a point on the screen, where the path difference is , is K units. The intensity of light at a point where the path difference is is given by , where n is an integer. The value of n is __________.

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 9
Correct answer
9

Step-by-step explanation

From 1st case,

= = 2

Inet = 4Icos2 = 4I = K (Given)

From 2nd case,

= =

Inet = 4I cos2

= 4I =

According to question,

=

n = 9

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