Rama was experimenting with the set up shown in figure 1 to find out about shadows and the properties of light when she obtained the shadow shown in figure 2. In figure 3, suggest what material each part of the object was made of for her to obtain the given shadow.
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Part A is made of opaque object.
Part B is made of translucent object.
Part C is made of transparent object.
Part D is made of opaque object.

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Rama was experimenting with the set up shown in figure 1 to find out about shadows and the properties of light when she obtained the shadow shown in figure 2. In figure 3, suggest what material each part of the object was made of for her to obtain the given shadow. Figure

Part A is made of opaque object. Part B is made of translucent object. Part C is made of transparent object. Part D is made of opaque object.

Rama was experimenting with the set up shown in figure 1 to find out about shadows and the properties of light when she obtained the shadow shown in figure 2. In figure 3, suggest what material each part of the object was made of for her to obtain the given shadow.
Figure

Part A is made of opaque object.
Part B is made of translucent object.
Part C is made of transparent object.
Part D is made of opaque object.