Homework # 15 - Polarization of Light Handout Problems: 1. How would you use a polarizing filter to test whether light reflected from water, glass, and polished surfaces is polarized? 2. How do Polaroid eyeglasses reduce glare? 3. What does the fact that light can be polarized suggest about the nature of light waves? 4. According to Maxwell's electromagnetic theory, what do the vibrations of light waves consist of