How can we have multiple shadows from multiple light sources, eg on a pitch?

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It seems a silly question but it doesn’t seem to make sense. If you stand in the middle of 4 light sources, one on each side while being the same distance from each one: how can they be strong enough to cast a shadow yet not strong enough to remove the competing shadow from the equally powerful light source?

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When there are multiple light sources each light source provides a fairly equal percentage of the light so with four light sources each light provides 25% of the light so that a shadow could be an area where the light from only 3 light sources can reach, so the light is 75% of the surrounding light this means that the shadows aren’t as dark as they would be with a single light source.

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