You shine unpolarized light with intensity 52.0 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 15.0 W/m2. Find the intensity of the light that emerges from the first polarizer.

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Answer:

The intensity of light from the first polarizer  is [tex]I_1 = 26 W/m^2[/tex]

Explanation:

  The intensity of the unpolarized light is  [tex]I_o = 52.0 \ W/m^2[/tex]

   

Generally the intensity of light that emerges from the first polarized light is

            [tex]I_1 = \frac{I_o}{2 }[/tex]

 substituting values

             [tex]I_1 = \frac{52. 0}{2 }[/tex]

             [tex]I_1 = 26 W/m^2[/tex]