Question about polarization of light

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The discussion centers on the behavior of light passing through three polarizers: a vertical filter, a rotated second filter, and a horizontal filter. It is established that the first polarizer sets the polarization state of the photons, allowing them to pass through. The second filter, when rotated, alters the polarization state of the photons, enabling some light to pass through to the third horizontal filter. This phenomenon illustrates the quantum mechanics principle of polarization and the probabilistic nature of photon states after passing through polarizers.

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Why does light still pass through when you have three filters and the first is vertical the second is rotated and the third is horizontal?
 
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After measuring the photons polarization state it changes its possible polarizations states that it could have after the first polarizer.
 

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