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Consider the arrangement shown in the figure. By some mechanism, the separation between the slits S3 and S4 can be changed. The intensity is measured at the

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point P which is at the common perpendicular bisector of S1S2 and S3S4. When z=Dλ2d, the intensity measured at P is I. Find this intensity when z is equal to,

(a) Dλd,

(b) 3Dλ2d and
(c) 2Dλd.

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