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since the light that is scattered out of the incident beam is polarized, why is the transmitted beam not also partially polarized?

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Chapter1: The Nature Of Light

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Problem 87AP: If a polarizing filter reduces the intensity of polarized light to 50.0% of its original value, by...

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