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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 11#️⃣ Question 9🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Avni sets up a single-slit diffraction experiment using a coherent light source, a slit with an appropriate width, and a photosensitive screen. She records the location of each diffraction peak as well as its brightness. Excluding the central peak, which of the following best describes the spacing of the peaks and their relative intensities?

W) Both the spacing and the intensity of the peaks are constant
X) The spacing of the peaks is constant, and the intensity decreases as they go further out
Y) The spacing of the peaks increases as they go further out, and the intensity is constant
Z) The spacing of the peaks increases and the intensity decreases as they go further out
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