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Vertically polarized light passes through two polarizers, the
first at 66° to the vertical space and the second at 85° to the
vertical. What fraction of the light gets through?
%
Let the intensity of the polarized light be I.
From Malus law ,
The intensity of light after passed through first polarizer I ' = I cos 2 66
I ' = 0.16543 I
Intensity of the light after passed through second polarizer I " = I ' cos 2 (85-66)
I " = (0.16543 I ) cos 2 19
=0.1478 I
Required fraction = I " / I = 0.1478
Percentage = 14.78 %