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Q.

Two polaroids are crossed to each other.  Now, one of them is rotated through 60°. The percentage of incident unpolarised light that passes through the system will be

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a

40%

b

37.5%

c

30%

d

60%

answer is B.

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Initially they are at 900.  If one of them is rotated through 600. Then the angle between them becomes 300.

Plane of polarisation of first emergent ray and the axis of transmission of second polaroid becomes 300.I=I02cos2θ=I02cos2300

II0=38=0.375II0%=37.5%

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