Question

Unpolarized light passes through two Polaroid sheets. The transmission axis of the second polarizing filter makes an angle of 480 with the axis of the first polarizer. What fraction of the original unpolarized light is transmitted through the second polarizing filter

Answer 1

Just 0.335 of the light is transmitted through the second polarizer

Step-by-step explanation:

When the light passes through to the second polarizer, the intensity is equal:

`I_(2)= (I)/(2) cos\theta`

Where

θ = 48°

Replacing:

`I_(2)= (I)/(2) cos\48=0.335I`