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27.8 Exercise 14

Avg difficulty 2.5

At the end of the example, it was stated that the intensity of polarized light is reduced to 90.0%\text{90} . 0% of its original value by passing through a polarizing filter with its axis at an angle of 18.4º\text{18} . 4º to the direction of polarization. Verify this statement.

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