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Question
Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.
| O W S | A K E | O P A Q | U E O | B J E T | T S M |
| S H A D |
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Solution
| OPAQ | UE O | BJEC | TS M | AKE | SHAD | OWS |
Opaque objects make shadows.
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