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Condition for nth minimum in single slit diffraction is ...... where `n = +- 1, +- 2, +-3, ... `

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`nlambda=a sin theta_(n)`

B

`a l ambda= n sin theta_(n)`

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`(n)/(lambda)= sin theta_(n)`

D

`nlambda=(sin theta_(n))/(a)`

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