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Question
In order to make an efficient solar cooker, the cover of the cooker box should be made of:
Options
transparent plastic sheet
shining aluminium sheet
butter paper sheet
transparent glass sheet
Solution
transparent glass sheet
Explanation:
A transparent glass sheet does not allow the incident sun's heat to be reflected back.
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