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In Young's double slit experiment, a minimum is obtained when the phase difference of super imposing waves is

A

(a) Zero

B

(b) `(2n-1)pi`

C

(c) `npi`

D

(d) `(n+1)pi`

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B
In case of destructive interference (minima) phase difference is odd multiple of `pi`.
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