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Mercury is an...

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Mercury is and making it easier to read a simple barometer.

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opaque, shiny

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opaque, dark

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transparent, shiny

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transparent, dark

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Solution

The correct option is A opaque, shiny
Mercury is opaque and shiny and hence reading a simple barometer gets easy.

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