A beam of partially polarized light can be considered to be a mixture of polarized and unpolarized

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A beam of partially polarized light can be considered to be a mixture of polarized and unpolarized light. Suppose we send such a beam through polarizing filter and then rotate the filter through 360° while keeping it perpendicular to the beam. If the transmitted intensity varies by a factor of 5.0 during the rotation, what fraction of the intensity of the original beam is associated with the beams polarized light?
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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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