Two polaroids are placed in the path of unpolarized beam of intensity ${I_0}$ such that no light is emitted from the second polaroid. If a third polaroid whose polarization axis makes an angle $ heta$ with the polarization axis of first polaroid, is placed between these polaroids then the intensity of light emerging from the last polaroid will be

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Two polaroids are placed in the path of unpolarized beam of intensity ${I_0}$ such that no light is emitted from the second polaroid. If a third polaroid whose polarization axis makes an angle $	heta$ with the polarization axis of first polaroid, is placed between these polaroids then the intensity of light emerging from the last polaroid will be

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$\left( {\frac{{{I_0}}}{8}} ight){\sin ^2}2	heta $

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$\left( {\frac{{{I_0}}}{4}} ight){\sin ^2}2	heta $

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$\left( {\frac{{{I_0}}}{2}} ight){\cos ^4}	heta $

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${I_0}{\cos ^4}	heta $

wave-optics

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