In Young's double slit experiment, instead of taking slits of equal widths, one slit is made twice as wide as the other. Then, in the interference pattern
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In interference between waves of equal amplitudes 
, the minimum intensity is zero and the maximum intensity is proportional to 
(because slit width 
amplitude). For waves of unequal amplitudes 
and 
, the minimum intensity is non-zero and the maximum intensity is proportional to 
, which is greater than 
.
So, the intensities of both the maxima and the minima increase.
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