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In the diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width 'd' with incident light of wavelength `'lambda'`, at an angle of diffraction `'theta'`, the condition for first minimum is

A

`lambda sin theta=d`

B

`d cos theta=lambda`

C

`d sin theta=lambda`

D

`lambda sin theta=d`

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