Unpolarized light passes through three polarizing filters. The first filter has its transmission axis parallel to the z direction, the second has its transmission axis at an angle of 30.0° from the z direction, and the third has its transmission axis at an angle of 60.0° from the z direction. If the light that emerges from the third filter has an intensity of 587.0 W/m², what is the original intensity of the light? (Assume both angles are measured in the same direction from the +z axis.)

Unpolarized light passes through three polarizing filters. The first filter has its transmission axis parallel to the z direction, the second has its transmission axis at an angle of 30.0° from the z direction, and the third has its transmission axis at an angle of 60.0° from the z direction. If the light that emerges from the third filter has an intensity of 587.0 W/m², what is the original intensity of the light? (Assume both angles are measured in the same direction from the +z axis.)

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