A spherical surface surrounds a point charge q. Describe what happens to the total flux through the surface if the following happens: (a) The charge is tripled. The flux is tripled. (b) The volume of the sphere is doubled. The flux is tripled. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux remains constant. The flux remains constant. The flux goes to zero. The flux goes to zero. (c) The surface is changed to a cube. The flux is tripled. (d) The charged is moved to another location inside the surface. The flux is tripled. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux remains constant. The flux remains constant. The flux goes to zero. The flux goes to zero. EO O O O

A spherical surface surrounds a point charge q. Describe what happens to the total flux through the surface if the following happens: (a) The charge is tripled. The flux is tripled. (b) The volume of the sphere is doubled. The flux is tripled. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux remains constant. The flux remains constant. The flux goes to zero. The flux goes to zero. (c) The surface is changed to a cube. The flux is tripled. (d) The charged is moved to another location inside the surface. The flux is tripled. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux decreases by 1/3. The flux remains constant. The flux remains constant. The flux goes to zero. The flux goes to zero. EO O O O

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Chapter19: Electric Forces And Electric Fields

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