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In a fraunhofer's diffraction obtained by a single slit aperture, the value of path difference for `n^(th)` order of minima is-

A

`nlamda`

B

`2nlamda`

C

`((2n-1)lamda)/(2)`

D

`(2n-1)lamda`

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