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Two coherent sources A & B emitting light of wavelength lambda are placed at position (-D,0) and `(-D,3lambda)` respectively Here D `gt gt lambda` The number of minima on y-axis and maxima on x-axis respectively are

A

`(3lambda, 0)`

B

`(4lambda, 0)`

C

`(5//4lambda, 0)`

D

`(2lambda//3, 0)`

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