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Angular width of central maximum in diffraction at a single slit is……………. .

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Increases in both Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction

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Decreases both in Fresnal and Fraunhofer diffraction

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Increases in Fresnel diffraction but decreases in Fraunhofer diffraction

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Decreases in Fresnel diffraction but increases is Fraunofer diffraction.

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