Intensity transmitted by the other polarizing eye of the spider
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Experiments show that the ground spider Drassodes cupreus uses one of its several pairs of eyes as a polarization detector. In fact, the two eyes in this pair have polarization directions that are at right angles to one another. Suppose linearly polarized light with an intensity of 844 W/m2 shines from the sky onto the spider, and that the intensity transmitted by one of the polarizing eyes is 169 W/m2. What is the intensity transmitted by the other polarizing eye?
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Experiments show that the ground spider Drassodes cupreus uses one of its several pairs of eyes as a polarization detector. In fact, the two eyes in this pair have polarization directions that are at right angles to one another. Suppose linearly polarized light with an intensity of 844 W/m2 shines from the sky onto the spider, and that ...
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