Question: ( Lec 2 3 , LO 2 4 8 b ) Unpolarized light passes through two Polaroid sheets. The transmission axis of the analyzer makes

(Lec 23, LO248b) Unpolarized light passes through two Polaroid sheets. The transmission axis of the analyzer makes an angle of 25.1 with the axis of the polarizer.
(a) What fraction of the original unpolarized light is transmitted through the analyzer? (Enter your answer to at least three decimal places.)
(b) What fraction of the original light is absorbed by the analyzer?
( Lec 2 3 , LO 2 4 8 b ) Unpolarized light passes

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