A slit of variable width illuminated by light of wavelength ? is widened until the first order diffraction minimum moves out to a distance infinitely far away from the brightest location in the central maximum. In terms of the wavelength, the width of the slit is then

A.

0.

B.
.

C.
?.

D.
.

E.
2?.


Answer: C

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