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Why does light produce a pattern similar to an interference pattern when it passes through a single slit?

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This phenomenon occurs due to light's wave-like properties. Via diffraction, the bending of light wave about an obstacle, the light wave will interfere and exhibit dark and bright fringes on a screen as a result of this interference.
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