Unpolarized light of intensity Io passes through two linear polarizers. When the light emerges from the second polarizers, its intensity is 5/16 Io. What is the relative angles theta between the transmission axes of the first and second polarizers
The unpolarized light has all possible directions of vibration. By Malus' law the intensity of light after passing through first polarizer is,

Considering all possible values of
, value
of
,
i.e. average value of
is
0.5.
Hence intensity of final transmitted light,

Therefore,
or,
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A beam of initially unpolarized light passes through a sequence
of three ideal polarizers. The angle between the axes of the first
and second polarizers is 20.5°, and the angle between the axes of
the second and third polarizers is 50.7°. What is the ratio of the
intensity of light emerging from the third polarizer,
I3, to the intensity of light incident on the first
polarizer, I0?
I3 / I0 = ?
20.5 50.7 I