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Chapter 25 Problem 5CQ

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Problem 5CQ

You want to check the time while wearing your Polaroid sunglasses. If you hold your forearm horizontally, you can read the time easily. If you hold your forearm vertically, however, so that you are looking at your watch sideways, you notice that the display is black. Explain.

Solution

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The Polarized sunglasses have a polarization axis. Similarly, the watch has its own polarization axis.When you keep the forearm horizontally, the two polarization axes get aligned and thus the reflected light from the watch passes through the sunglasses.

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

You want to check the time while wearing your Polaroid

Chapter 25 textbook questions

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