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Yep 36, thank you everybody for your help. Much appreciated!

Ah so maybe it's 36 then

I'm inputting x = log(2/9) / log((cos 12)^2) x = 34.037

It gets me the same answer of 34.037 Any differences in the equations we have set up?

Still at a complete loss for what I'm doing wrong here. My math checks out every time.

1) .5((cos 12)^2)^x = 1/9 2) ((cos 12)^2)^x = 2/9 3) x ln((cos 12)^2) = ln (2/9) 4) x = (ln (2/9)) / ln((cos 12)^2) 5) x = 34.037

That's the phrasing given in the problem. I also forgot to mention it asks for the answer in the form of an integer.

The bottom one applies to just the first, reducing the intensity by half. The top one applies to the rest of the polarization stages.

Sorry, should be 1/9

I set up the equation .5((cos 12)^2)^x = 1/9 Solving for x gets me 34.037 34 + 1 = 35 I've entered answers of both 34 and 35 and both have been marked as wrong. Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong here?