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Chapter 38, Problem 38.7QQ
You are walking down a long hallway that has many light fixtures in the ceiling and a very shiny, newly waxed floor. When looking at the floor, you see reflections of every light fixture. Now you put on sunglasses that are polarized. Some of the reflections of the light fixtures can no longer be seen. (Try it!) Are the reflections that disappear those (a) nearest to you, (b) farthest from you, or (c) at an intermediate distance from you?
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