A uniform electric field measured over a square surface with side length d = 15.5 cm makes an angle θ = 67.0° with a line normal to that surface, as shown in the figure below. There is a square horizontal surface with length and width d. The surface has a normal vertical axis at the center with a vector labeled vector E traveling from the center of the plane up and to the right. Vector E and the normal vertical axis form an angle labeled θ. If the net flux through the square is 5.40 N · m2/C, what is the magnitude Eof the electric field (in N/C)? N/C

A uniform electric field measured over a square surface with side length d = 15.5 cm makes an angle θ = 67.0° with a line normal to that surface, as shown in the figure below. There is a square horizontal surface with length and width d. The surface has a normal vertical axis at the center with a vector labeled vector E traveling from the center of the plane up and to the right. Vector E and the normal vertical axis form an angle labeled θ. If the net flux through the square is 5.40 N · m2/C, what is the magnitude Eof the electric field (in N/C)? N/C

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter25: Gauss’s Law

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