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Direction of the first secondary maximum in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern at a single slit is given by (a is the width of the slit)

A

`asintheta=lambda/2`

B

`acostheta= (3lambda)/2`

C

asintheta=lambda

D

`asintheta=(3lambda)/2`

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