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78. An unpolarised beam of intensity 1, is incident on a pair of nicols making an angle of 60° with each other. The intensity of light emerging from the pair is b) lo/2 a) lo c) lo/4 d) lo/8 viol

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b) lo/2
c) lo/4
Tod) lo/8
a) lo
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