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In a single slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit is made double the original width, How does this affect the size and intensity of the central diffraction band?

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The linear width of the central diffraction fringe `prop (1)/("slit width")` If the slit width is made double then the width of the central fringe becomes half of the initial value and intensity will increase.
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