In single-slit diffraction, what happens to the dark fringes if the slit gets wider? Nothing; there are no dark fringes when there is only one slit. Nothing; the spacing between the fringes does not depend on the width of the slit. They get closer together. They get further apart

In single-slit diffraction, what happens to the dark fringes if the slit gets wider? Nothing; there are no dark fringes when there is only one slit. Nothing; the spacing between the fringes does not depend on the width of the slit. They get closer together. They get further apart

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In single-slit diffraction, what happens to the dark fringes if the slit gets wider?

Nothing; there are no dark fringes when there is only one slit.

Nothing; the spacing between the fringes does not depend on the width of the slit.

They get closer together.

They get further apart

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