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JEE Main 2025Wave Optics Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

Question

In a Young's double slit experiment, two slits are located 1.5 mm apart. The distance of screen from slits is 2 m and the wavelength of the source is 400 nm . If the 20 maxima of the double slit pattern are contained within the central maximum of the single slit diffraction pattern, then the width of each slit is , where -value is _________ .

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15

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Width of 20 maxima of double slit width of central maxima of single slit

Value of is 15

Answer is 15

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