2) More electric flux and a cube Taken from another textbook. Consider a cube with sides of length a and one point charge +q at the corner of the cube as illustrated below: +q a) Explain why the flux through any of the three sides of the cube not touching the point charge (like the gray shaded one) is given by 24€0 b) Explain why the flux through any of the three sides of the cube touching the point charge is zero. Hint: It will be helpful to make a larger (boxy) structure that completely encloses the charge.

2) More electric flux and a cube Taken from another textbook. Consider a cube with sides of length a and one point charge +q at the corner of the cube as illustrated below: +q a) Explain why the flux through any of the three sides of the cube not touching the point charge (like the gray shaded one) is given by 24€0 b) Explain why the flux through any of the three sides of the cube touching the point charge is zero. Hint: It will be helpful to make a larger (boxy) structure that completely encloses the charge.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Technology Update (No access codes included)

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ISBN:9781305116399

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter24: Gauss’s Law

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