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Interference is observed due to two coherent sources A and B having zero phase difference separated by a distance 4λ along the y-axis, where λ is the wavelength of the source. A detector D is moved on the positive x-axis. The number of points on the x-axis excluding the points x=0 and x= at which maximum will be observed is

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Options:
  • A three
  • B four
  • C two
  • D infinite
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The correct answer is: three
At x=0 path difference is 4λ i.e. fifth bright fringe will be obtained at x=0 and at x=, path difference is 0, hence first or central bright fringe will be obtained at x=, therefore between 1st and 5th bright fringe, the number of fringes will be 3.

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