(33%) Problem 3: Answer the following question. What is the polarization angle (

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(33%) Problem 3: Answer the following question. What is the polarization angle (in degrees) for sunlight reflecting off a boundary between water (n- 1.3) and glass (n 1.4 Grade Summa Deductions Potential ry 6e=1717 0% 100% cosO tan() | 789 HOME Sin Submissions emaining: 19 Attempts r (090 per attempt) detailed view acos cotanasin0 atan acotan sinhO cosh0 tanh0 cotanh0 END 0% Degrees Radians BACKSPACEDEL CLEAR Submit I give up! Hints: 0 for a 0% deduction. Hints remaining: . Feedback: 0% deduction per feedback.

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here,

refractive index of water , n1 = 1.3

reractive index of glass , n2 = 1.4

the polarization angle , theta = arctan(n2/n1)

theta = arctan(1.4/1.3)

theta = 47.1 degree

the polarization angle is 47.1 degree

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