During an investigation a scientist heated 27 g of mercuric oxide till it decomposed to leave a dry product. the total mass of the product formed was 25 g. does the law of conservation of mass hold true in this case? use complete sentences to justify your answer based on numerical calculations.

Light from two different sources are incident upon the same side of a polarizing filter. light from one source is polarized with total intensity ip, while light from the other source is unpolarized with total intensity iu. as you rotate the polarizing filter through 360 degrees, the intensity of the transmitted light on the other side varies by a factor of 9. what is the relative intensity of the initial polarized source to the unpolarized source, or ip/iu?