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Consider a wave passing through a single slit. What happens tothe width of the c

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Question

Consider a wave passing through a single slit. What happens tothe width of the central maximum of its diffraction pattern as theslit is made half as wide? Itswidth does not change.
Itbecomes one-half as wide.
Itbecomes twice as wide.
Itbecomes one-fourth as wide.
Itbecomes four times wider.
Consider a wave passing through a single slit. What happens tothe width of the central maximum of its diffraction pattern as theslit is made half as wide? Itswidth does not change.
Itbecomes one-half as wide.
Itbecomes twice as wide.
Itbecomes one-fourth as wide.
Itbecomes four times wider.

Explanation / Answer

Twice as wide