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Generally, that would be correct. However, in the b part they asked 'what is observed at P when the following vhanges are made to part a'I think two identical waves 180 degrees out of phase will completely cancel each other out and destructive interference occurs, no?
that's what I wrote. Plus the first one, with zero phase difference was the zero order maximab?. Correct me if I'm wrong.
In part A the waves were in phase ast D1 and D2 but they were out of phase at P so destructive interference occured. The path diff was 4cm which is (4/1.6) equal to 2.5lambda. However in the B part if the wave are 180° out of phase at D1 and D2, they will be inphase at P since path diff will be either 2 or 3 lambda which is why constructive interference is seen.