Intensity of light that passes through the set of polarizers

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Light of intensity I0 and polarized horizontally passes through three polarizes. The first and third polarizing axes are horizontal, but the second one is oriented 20.0° to the horizontal. In terms of I0, what is the intensity of the light that passes through the set of polarizers?

A) 0.442 I0
B) 0.180 I0
C) 0.780 I0
D) 0.883 I0

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Reference no: EM13540305

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