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Why do Polaroid sunglasses reduce glare, whereas nonpolarized sunglasses simply cut down the total amount of light reaching the eyes?
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This means that the light waves are oscillating in a single plane, which is horizontal in this case. This can be represented as: \[ \text{Glare} = \text{Plane Polarized Light} \] Show more…
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