I am having trouble understanding the following multiple choicequestion. If some

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I am having trouble understanding the following multiple choicequestion. If someone could please provide me an explanation, I'dgreatly appreciate it. Thanks. -A

In single-slit diffraction
a. the intensities of successive maxima are roughly the same,falling off only gradually as one goes far away from the centralmaximum.
b. the slit width must be less than one wavelength for adiffraction pattern to be apparent.
c. the central maximum is about twice as wide as the othermaxima.
d. the central maximum is about as wide as the other maxima.
e. the central maximum is much narrower than the other maxima.

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answer is the central maximum is about twice as wide asthe other maxima. Since central maximum is adjusted top and bottom of thecenter. and the total energy is contained between 1 st two minimai.e., in central maximum.

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