An ideal polarizer is placed in a beam of unpolarized light and the intensity of the transmitted light is 1.000. A second ideal polarizer is placed in the beam with its referred direction rotated 40° to that of the first polarizer

What is the intensity of the beam after it has passed through both polarizers? A) 0.7661
B) 0.4131
C) 0.5868
D) 0.6431
E) 0.5000


C

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