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In the figure shown, if a parallel beam of light is incident on the plane of the slits, then the distance of the nearest white spot on the screen from O is [assume `d ltltD, lambda ltltd`]

A

0

B

d/2

C

d/3

D

d/6

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D

White spot will be at the symmetrical point w.r.t. slits its distance from O will be (2d/3)-(d/2)=d/6
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