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The angular width of the central maximum of the diffraction patternn in a single slit (of width a) experiment, with `lamda` as the wavelenth of light, is

A

`(3lambda)/(2a)`

B

`(lambda/(2a))`

C

`(2lambda)/a`

D

`lambda/a`

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