Ifthe electric flux through a closed surface S is equal to zero, then (a) the volume charge density is zero everywhere inside the surface S (b) the electric field at every point on Sis zero (c) the electric field is zero at every point inside S (d) the net charge enclosed by Sis zero

Ifthe electric flux through a closed surface S is equal to zero, then (a) the volume charge density is zero everywhere inside the surface S (b) the electric field at every point on Sis zero (c) the electric field is zero at every point inside S (d) the net charge enclosed by Sis zero

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Ifthe electric flux through a closed surface Sis equal to zero, then
(a) the volume charge density is zero everywhere inside the surface S
(b) the electric field at every point on Sis zero
(c) the electric field is zero at every point inside S
(d) the net charge enclosed by Sis zero

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