dsinθ = nλ
The wavefront emerging from P reinforces the wavefront formed from Q in earlier cycles.For reinforcement, wavefront travels nλ
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Specification: AQA Physics (7407), AS-level, 3.3.2.2 Diffraction. Topic: Optics.