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A Nicol prism is placed in the way of partially polarized beam of light. When the prism is turned from the position of maximum transmission through an angle `varphi = 60^(@)`, the intensity of transmitted light decreased by a factor of `eta = 3.0`. Find the degree of polarization of incident light.

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