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It is found that what waves of same intensity from two coherent sources superpose at a certain point, then the resultant intensity is equal to the intensity of one wave only. This means that the phase difference between the two waves at that point is

A

zero

B

`(pi)/3`

C

`(2pi)/3`

D

`pi`

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