Which statement best describes the situation relating to electric flux and electric field for this case?Gauss' law predicts the flux, but the field cannot easily be determined on the sphere.Gauss' Law allows us to determine both the flux and the field upon the sphere.O Neither flux nor field can be determined in this problem due to lack of symmetry.Gauss' Law predicts the field, but not the flux through the sphere. The first two questions relate to the following.A rectangular box with dimensions a 0.10 m, b 0.15 m and c 0.10 m has a uniform charge%3D%3Ddensity= -1.6 nC/m3. It is surrounded by a Gaussian sphere of radius r= 0.50 m as shown.a.CGaussian sphere%3D

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The first two questions relate to the following. A rectangular box with dimensions a = 0.10 m, b 0.15 m and c =0.10 m has a uniform charge density = -1.6 nC/m3. It is surrounded by a Gaussian sphere of radius r= 0.50 m as shown. Gaussian sphere

The first two questions relate to the following. A rectangular box with dimensions a = 0.10 m, b 0.15 m and c =0.10 m has a uniform charge density = -1.6 nC/m3. It is surrounded by a Gaussian sphere of radius r= 0.50 m as shown. Gaussian sphere

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Which statement best describes the situation relating to electric flux and electric field for this case?
Gauss' law predicts the flux, but the field cannot easily be determined on the sphere.
Gauss' Law allows us to determine both the flux and the field upon the sphere.
O Neither flux nor field can be determined in this problem due to lack of symmetry.
Gauss' Law predicts the field, but not the flux through the sphere.

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