Consider you have four point charges as shown in the figure. How you could place a surface that encloses at least two charges and through which the net flux is (i) 0 and (ii) +1q/€o - 6μC +2 μC -3 μC +4 μC

Consider you have four point charges as shown in the figure. How you could place a surface that encloses at least two charges and through which the net flux is (i) 0 and (ii) +1q/€o - 6μC +2 μC -3 μC +4 μC

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Consider you have four point charges as shown in the figure. How you could place a surface
that encloses at least two charges and through which the net flux is (i) 0 and (ii) +1q/€o
- 6μC
+2 μC
-3 μC
+4 μC

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