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A beam of unpolarized light of intensity I0 passes through a series of ideal polarizing filters with their polarizing axes turned to various angles as shown in Fig. E33.27. (a) What is the light intensity (in terms of I0) at points A, B, and C? (b) If we remove the middle filter, what will be the light intensity at point C?
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