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Red Laser Light Passes Through a Single Slit to Form θ\theta

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Red laser light passes through a single slit to form a diffraction pattern. If the width of the slit is increased by a factor of two, what happens to the width of the central maximum? Note: Assume that the angle θ\theta is sufficiently small so that (sin θ\theta ) is nearly equal to θ\theta .


A) The width of the central maximum increases by a factor of 4.
B) The width of the central maximum decreases by a factor of 2.
C) The width of the central maximum decreases by a factor of 4.
D) The width of the central maximum increases by a factor of 2.
E) The width of the central maximum does not change.

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