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Two coherent plane light waves of equal amplitude makes a small angle α(< < 1) with each other. They fall almost normally on a screen. If λ is the…

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Two coherent plane light waves of equal amplitude makes a small angle α(<<1)\alpha(< < 1)α(<<1) with each other. They fall almost normally on a screen. If λ\lambdaλ is the wavelength of light waves, the fringe width Δx\Delta xΔx of interference patterns of the two sets of waves on the screen is

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  1. A

    2λα\frac{2 \lambda}{\alpha}α2λ​

  2. B

    λα\frac{\lambda}{\alpha}αλ​

  3. C

    λ(2α)\frac{\lambda}{(2 \alpha)}(2α)λ​

  4. D

    λα\frac{\lambda}{\sqrt{\alpha}}α​λ​

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