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As shown in figure, waves with identical wavelengths and amplitudes and which are initially in phase travel through different media. Ray 1 travels through air and Ray 2 through a transparent medium for equal length LL, in four different situations. In each situation, the two rays reach a common point on the screen. The number of wavelengths in length LL is N2N_2 for Ray 2 and N1N_1 for Ray 1. In the following table, values of N1N_1 and N2N_2 are given for all four situations.
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N1N_12.251.803.003.25
N2N_22.752.803.254.00
The order of the situations according to the intensity of the light at the common point in descending order is

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