Each pattern shown below would appear on a screen when monochromatic light of wavelength ? first passes through a narrow slit of width a and then strikes a screen. The darkest areas on the page represent the brightest areas on the screen. In which case does the slit have the narrowest width?

a.





b.





c.

d

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