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An Investigation to see how the size of ashadow depends on the angle at which the light hits the object
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An Investigation to see how the size of a shadow depends on the angle at which the light hits the object Introduction The aim of the project is to see which factors affect the size of a shadow and then to look more closely at one of the factors to see how exactly it varies the size of a shadow. Variables that may affect the size of the shadow Although, I will investigate how one factor affects the size of a shadow, there are other factors that could be investigated. Here are some examples: 1) The distance between the light and the object From the ray diagrams I can see that as the distance from the object to the light source is doubled, the length of the shadow decreases. A distance of 4cm produces a shadow of approximately 1.6-cm. Decreasing the distance to 2cm(half the distance), the shadow size increases by one...
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