Plane-polarized light is incident normally on a polarizer which is able to rotate in the plane perpendicular to the light as shown below.

In diagram 1, the intensity of the incident light is 8 W m⁻² and the transmitted intensity of light is 2 W m⁻². Diagram 2 shows the polarizer rotated 90° from the orientation in diagram 1. What is the new transmitted intensity?

A. 0 W m⁻²
B. 2 W m⁻²
C. 6 W m⁻²
D. 8 W m⁻²

C