At what angle should the axes of two Polaroids be placed

Chapter 27, Problem 80GP

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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?

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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.

         

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