If in a Young’s double-slit set-up the slit separation is halved while the wavelength…

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If in a Young’s double-slit set-up the slit separation is halved while the wavelength of light and the screen distance remain unchanged, how does the fringe width change? (a) It becomes one-quarter (b) It becomes half (c) It becomes double (d) It becomes four times

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