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At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a single-slit diffraction pattern, the phase difference betwee the huygen's wavelet from the edge of the slit and the wavelet from the midpoint of the slit is:

A

`(pi)/4` radian

B

`(pi)/2` radian

C

`pi` radian

D

`(pi)/8` radian

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