For each of the following sources

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For each of the following sources, state whether the emitted light is plane-polarised or not and give one brief reason for your answer. (i) Light coming directly from a glowing filament of an electric bulb (ii) Light scattered from the clear blue sky at a point 90° away from the Sun (iii) Light reflected from the surface of a calm lake at sunrise

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