MCAT Practice · Light and Optics
MCAT Question: A beam of unpolarized light is incident on a polarizing…
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A beam of unpolarized light is incident on a polarizing filter. If the angle between the transmission axis of the filter and the direction of the electric field in the light is 45 degrees, what fraction of the initial intensity of light is transmitted through the filter?
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