If unpolarised light of intensity
falls on combination of two polaroids having their transmission axis at an angle
, then intensity of light transmitted will be
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When unpolarized light passes through two polaroids:
After the first polaroid, intensity becomes

The second polaroid makes an angle
with the first.
Transmitted intensity through second polaroid is

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