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A clear sheet of polaroid is placed on the top of similar sheet so that their axes make an angle with each other. The ratio of intensity of the emergent light to that of unpolarised incident light is
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If is the intensity of the incident unpolarized light, the intensity transmitted by the first is This is the intensity of incident light on the second polaroid. Intensity transmitted by the second polaroid is where is the angle between the axes. Here , is therefore
is the required ratio
is the required ratio
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