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Direction of the first second maximum in the Fraunhoffer diffraction pattern at a single slit is given by (`a` is the width of the slit)

A

`a sin theta = (3lambda)/2`

B

`a sin theta = lambda/2`

C

`a sin theta = (3lambda)/2`

D

`a sin theta = lambda`.

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