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A burning candle in water:
Candle burning in water
- Take a shoe box, open on one side.
- Place a small lighted candle in it.
- Place a clear glass sheet (roughly \(25\ cm\ ×\ 25\ cm\)) in front of this candle.
- Try to locate the image of the candle behind the glass sheet.
- Place a glass of water at its position.
- Ask your friends to look at the image of the candle through the sheet of glass.
- Ensure that candle is not visible to your friends.
Your friends will be surprised to see the candle burning in water. Try to explain the reason.
It is visible like a candle burning in water because a sheet of glass is a . Hence, the image of the burning candle is formed the sheet.
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