Line waves with wavelength ? going through a slit with width a will be diffracted into circular waves with approximately equal amplitude in all forward directions

A. Always
B. Never
C. Only if ? >> a
D. Only if a >> ?
E. Only if a = ?


C. Only if ? >> a

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