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Consider a Young's double slit experiment as shown in figure. What should be the slit separation d in terms of wavelength λ such that the first…

JEE Main 2019 — Physics Optics

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Consider a Young's double slit experiment as shown in figure. What should be the slit separation ddd in terms of wavelength λ\lambdaλ such that the first minima occurs directly in front of the slit (S1)({S}_{1})(S1​) ?

JEE Main 2019 Physics, Wave Optics — question figure

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Held on 10 Jan 2019 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    λ(5−2)\frac{\lambda }{(5-\sqrt{2})}(5−2​)λ​

  2. B

    λ2(5−2)\frac{\lambda }{2(\sqrt{5}-2)}2(5​−2)λ​

  3. C

    λ2(5−2)\frac{\lambda }{2(5-\sqrt{2})}2(5−2​)λ​

  4. D

    λ5−2\frac{\lambda }{\sqrt{5}-2}5​−2λ​

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