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Chapter 25 Problem 73P

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Problem 73P

A person riding in a boat observes that the sunlight reflected by the water is polarized parallel to the surface of the water. The person is wearing polarized sunglasses with the polarization axis vertical. If the wearer leans at an angle of 21.5° to the vertical, what fraction of the reflected light intensity will pass through the sunglasses?

Solution

Step 1 of 2

The beam is horizontally polarized because it is polarized parallel to the sea.

Therefore, when the slit is positioned horizontally, the intensity will be at its maximum and equal to the incident intensity.

Resultant intensity in terms of angle  is,

where angle  is from the horizontal axis.

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

A person riding in a boat observes that the sunlight

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