In a Young's double slit experiment, a small detector measures an intensity of illumination of $I$ units at the centre of the fringe pattern. If one of the two (identical) slits is now covered, the measured intensity will be

  • A
    $2I$
  • B
    $I$
  • C
    $I/4$
  • D
    $I/2$

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