Consider an unpolarized light with intensity Io = 16 incident on a pair of polarizers. The first polarizer has its transmission axis aligned at 40° from the vertical, while the second polarizer has its transmission axis aligned at 70° from the vertical. What is the intensity of the light when it emerges from the second polarizer? OA 1- OB 6 OC. 8 OD. 12

Consider an unpolarized light with intensity Io = 16 incident on a pair of polarizers. The first polarizer has its transmission axis aligned at 40° from the vertical, while the second polarizer has its transmission axis aligned at 70° from the vertical. What is the intensity of the light when it emerges from the second polarizer? OA 1- OB 6 OC. 8 OD. 12

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