24.2 Suppose you have a polarized light source in your lab that has an intensity of 1154 W/m2, where the electric field oscillates in the z direction. The light travels toward a workbench where you can send it through either one of two polarizing filters.  (a) If the light passes through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of 45.0° from the z direction, what is the intensity of the transmitted light? W/m2(b) If, instead, the light passes through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of 90.0° from the z direction, what is the intensity of the transmitted light? W/m2

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24.2 Suppose you have a polarized light source in your lab that has an intensity of 1154 W/m2, where the electric field oscillates in the z direction. The light travels toward a workbench where you can send it through either one of two polarizing filters.  (a) If the light passes through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of 45.0° from the z direction, what is the intensity of the transmitted light? W/m2
(b) If, instead, the light passes through a filter with its transmission axis at an angle of 90.0° from the z direction, what is the intensity of the transmitted light?
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