What Happens to Radiation on an Opaque Surface?

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Homework Statement


When radiation strikes an opaque surface part of it is:
a) absorbed, b) reflected, c) transmitted, d) all of the above, e) a and b, f) b and c, g) a and c


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I believe that it would be absorbed and reflected but not transmitted because it is opaque but I am not sure can someone help me out?
 
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