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At what angle should the axes of two Polaroids be placed
Chapter 27, Problem 80GP(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 80GP
At what angle should the axes of two Polaroids be placed so as to reduce the intensity of the incident unpolarized light by an additional factor (after the first Polaroid cuts it in half) of (a) 4, (b) 10, (c) 100?
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QUESTION:
Problem 80GP
At what angle should the axes of two Polaroids be placed so as to reduce the intensity of the incident unpolarized light by an additional factor (after the first Polaroid cuts it in half) of (a) 4, (b) 10, (c) 100?
ANSWER:
Step-by-step solution
Step 1 of 4
; the intensity of unpolarized incident ray.
; the intensity of light after passing through the first Polaroid.
; the intensity of the after passing the second Polaroid.
The first Polaroid cuts the half of the incident light.