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The nature of the size of the shadow depends on
(a) size of the source of light
(b) size of the object
(c) distance between the source of light an object
(d) all of them

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(d) all of them
The nature of the size of a shadow depends on the size of the source of light, the size of the object and the distance between the source of light and the object.

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