What is the intensity of light after removing the second polarizer?

[srwilliams444]

Homework Statement

Three polarizing filters are stacked, with the polarizing axis of the second and third filters at 23.0° and 62.0°, respectively, to that of the first. If unpolarized light is incident on the stack, the light has intensity 75.0 W/cm^2 after it passes through the stack. If the incident intensity is kept constant, what is the intensity of the light after it has passed through the stack if the second polarizer is removed?

Homework Equations

I=I_maxcos²(θ)

The Attempt at a Solution

I don't understand what the question is asking. Is the light passing through multiple times? And if it is, wouldn't it just be 75(cos²62^°)?

 

[rl.bhat]

When the light reaches the third filter, intensity of the light is not 75 W/cm^2.