The bathroom window in Parth's house has frosted glass
The bathroom window in Parth's house has frosted glass. Parth says the glass is opaque, because you can't see anything clearly through it. Mitali says it isn't opaque — it's translucent. Who has it right?
Who do you think is right? Pick one.
The answer: Mitali is right, the glass lets some light pass through
Why
Parth is correct that you can't see clearly through frosted glass — that part of his observation is true. But opaque doesn't mean blurry; it means no light gets through at all, like a wooden door or a brick wall. Ask a different question: in the daytime, with the door shut and the bulb off, is the bathroom dark? It isn't — daylight comes in through that window. So light IS passing through the glass; it just gets scattered on the way, which is why shapes look blurred. That in-between behaviour has its own name: translucent, like butter paper or a thin plastic bucket. Test: shine a torch at the frosted glass from one side and look from the other, then do the same with a wooden plank — the glass glows, the plank stays dark. Mitali is right: frosted glass is translucent, because it lets light through even though you can't see clearly through it.
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