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A _________ source of light produces a sharp dark shadow of an opaque object.


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  1. A point source of light produces a sharp and well defined dark shadow of the object on the screen.
  2. This dark shadow is called the umbra.

Hence, a point source of light produces a sharp dark shadow of an opaque object.


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