Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of umbra alone.

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Umbra is a portion of shadow where no light reaches from the source of light due to the opaque object. It is completely dark.
Umbra alone is obtained on the screen when the dimensions of the light source is much smaller than the dimension of the opaque object.

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