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1.7 Exercise 15

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What angle would the axis of a polarizing filter need to make with the direction of polarized light of intensity 1.00kW/m21.00 \text{kW}/\text{m}^{2} to reduce the intensity to 10.0W/m210.0 \text{W}/\text{m}^{2}?

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