Unpolarized light passes thru 2 polaroid sheets.transmission axis of analyzer makes angle 35° with axis of polarizer.fraction of original unpolarized light is transmitted through the analyzer?fraction of original light is absorbed by the analyzer?

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Gió
Sep 28, 2015

Have a look:

Explanation:

Here you can use Malus' Law that gives us the portion of light pasing through the analyzer in term of intensity as:

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Notice that after the first polrizer half of the incident intensity #I_0# is absorbed!!!

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