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Give reasons for the following:

Birds flying high in the sky do not cast their shadows.


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Solution

  1. Birds flying high in the sky do not form umbra on the surface of the earth.
  2. Penumbra formed due to birds flying high in the sky is too large and fainted so that not visible.
  3. Therefore birds flying high in the sky do not cast their shadows on the earth.

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