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At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a single-slit diffraction pattern the phase difference between the Huygens wavelet from the edge of the slit and the wavelet from the mid-point of the slit is

A

`pi // 8` rad

B

`pi // 4` rad

C

`pi // 2` rad

D

`pi` rad

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