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+// Scilab code Ex6.5: Pg:249 (2008)
+clc;clear;
+// Define function to convert degrees to degree and minute
+function [deg, minute] = deg2degmin(theta)
+ deg = floor(theta);
+ minute = ceil((theta-deg)*60);
+endfunction
+I_m = 1; // For simplicity assume maximum intensity to be unity, unit
+I0 = I_m; // Initial intensity, unit
+I = I_m/3; // Final intensity, unit
+// From Malus' Law. I = I0*cosd(theta)^2, solving for theta
+theta = acosd(sqrt(I/I0)); // The angle between two polarizing sheets, degree
+[d1, m1] = deg2degmin(theta); // Call conversion function
+[d2, m2] = deg2degmin(180-theta); // Call conversion function for supplement
+printf("\nThe angle between two polarizing sheets = %2d degree %2d minute = %2d degree %2d minute", d1, m1, d2, m2);
+
+// Result
+// The angle between two polarizing sheets = 54 degree 45 minute = 125 degree 16 minute
+// The answer is given wrongly in the textbook \ No newline at end of file