Figure shows a standard two slit arrangement with slits 
. 
and 
are the two minima points on either side of 
(figure):
At 
on the screen, there is a hole and behind 
is a second 2-slit arrangement with slits 
and a second screen behind them:
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According to question, there is a hole at point 
. From Huygen's principle, wave will propagates from the sources 
and 
. Each point on the screen will acts as secondary sources of wavelets.
Now, there is a hole at point 
(minima). The hole will act as a source of fresh light for the slits 
and 
.
Therefore, there will be a regular two slit pattern on the second screen.
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