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But this is with a beam of unpolarized light entering the polarizers. The light entering the polarizers is polarized. I used the applet and set the two polarizers to 30 degrees, and I got an intensity of 50%. That would make sense, but the light coming in is polarized, so wouldn't that lead a...

The answer is still 1/2. What does it mean by "the second polarizer has the same polarization as the incoming light before it hits the first polarizer?"

Hello, I was wondering if any of you guys can tell me whether or not I did the following polarization problem correct. Problem: Polarized light passes through a sequence of two polarizers whose axis of polarization forms a 30 degree angle. The second polarizer has the same polarization as...