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Unpolarized Light Is Passed Through Polarizer 1

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Unpolarized light is passed through polarizer 1.The light then goes though polarizer 2 with its plane of polarization at 44.0° to that of polarizer 1.What fraction of the intensity of the original light gets though the second polarizer?


A) 0.360
B) 0.518
C) 0.259
D) 0.720
E) 0.500

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