Two coherent monochromatic beams of intensities $I$ and $4I$ respectively are superposed. The maximum and minimum intensities in the resulting pattern are

  • A
    $5I$ and $3I$
  • B
    $9I$ and $3I$
  • C
    $4I$ and $I$
  • D
    $9I$ and $I$

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