Physics (5th Edition)
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Chapter 25, Problem 72PCE
A person riding in a boat observes that the sunlight reflected by the water is polarized parallel to the surface of the water. The person is wearing polarized sunglasses with the polarization axis vertical. If the wearer leans at an angle of 21 5° to the vertical, what fraction of the reflected light intensity will pass through the sunglasses?
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