In a Young’s double–slit experiment using monochromatic light of wavelength

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Problem

\lambda

, the path difference between the two slits at a point

P

on the screen is

\Delta x

. For

P

to correspond to the

m

-th bright fringe,

\Delta x

must be (a)

(m+\tfrac12)\lambda

(b)

\dfrac{m\lambda}{2}

(c)

m\lambda

(d)

(m+1)\lambda