Unpolarized light is passed through polarizer 1 . The light then goes though polarizer 2 with its plane of polarization at 60.0° to that of polarizer 1 . What fraction of the intensity of the original light gets though the second polarizer?

a. 0.125
c. 0.707
b. 0.250
d. 0.500


A

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