Question R7 Q5 - MIT Science Bowl 2021

A double slit experiment is set up with two slits with a width 1 micron each and distance of 10 microns between them. The distance to the screen on which a pattern forms is much larger than the distance between the slits. When one of the slits is covered, which of the following statements is true about the new intensity pattern, compared to the old one?

W) It has a single peak in the location of an old minimum

X) It has a single peak in the location of an old maximum

Y) It has several peaks, and the closest minimum to the center is at the location of an old minimum

Z) It has several peaks, and the closest minimum to the center is at the location of an old maximum

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