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A beam of unpolarized light of intensity 4.04E3 W/m2 passes through a series of ideal polarizing filters with their polarizing directions turned to various angles as shown in the figure. If the middle polarizer is removed, what is the light intensity at point C (in W/m2)?

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90°
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