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Assetion To observe diffraction of light the size of obstacle/aperture should be of the order of `10^(-7)m`
Reason `10^(-7)m` is the order of wavelength of visible light

A

`lambda`

B

`lambda//2`

C

`lambda//4`

D

`2lambda`

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