VP33.5.2 You shine unpolarized light with intensity 54.0 W/m254.0 W/m2 on an ideal polarizer, and then the light that emerges from this polarizer falls on a second ideal polarizer. The light that emerges from the second polarizer has intensity 19.0 W/m219.0 W/m2. Find (a) the intensity of the light that emerges from the first polarizer and (b) the angle between the polarizing axes of the two polarizers.

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You shine unpolarized light with intensity 54.0 W/m254.0 W/m2 on an ideal polarizer, and then the light that emerges from this polarizer falls on a second ideal polarizer. The light that emerges from the second polarizer has intensity 19.0 W/m219.0 W/m2. Find (a) the intensity of the light that emerges from the first polarizer and (b) the angle between the polarizing axes of the two polarizers.

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