Light from two coherent sources of the same amplitude $A$ and wavelength $\lambda$ illuminates the screen. The intensity of the central maximum is $I_{0}$. If the sources were incoherent,the intensity at the same point will be

  • A
    $4 I_{0}$
  • B
    $2 I_{0}$
  • C
    $I_{0}$
  • D
    $\frac{I_{0}}{2}$

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