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Light from two coherent sources of the same amplitude A and wavelength `lambda` illuminates the screen. The intensity of the central maximum is `I_(0)`. If the sources were incoherent, the intensity at the same point will be

A

`4I_(0)`

B

`2I_(0)`

C

`I_(0)`

D

`I_(0)//2`

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