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docker41 [41]
3 years ago
10

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1 answer:
denis23 [38]3 years ago
3 0
50% is absorbed by Earth's surface, 25% is reflected by clouds, dust, and gases in the atmosphere, 20% is by gases and particles in the atmosphere and 5% is reflected by the surface back into the atmosphere.
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