The total electric flux through a closed surface in the shape of a cylinder is 8.60 x 104 N-m²/C. (a) What is the net charge within the cylinder? (b) From the infor- mation given, what can you say about the charge within the cylinder? (c) How would your answers to parts (a) and (b) change if the net flux were -8.60 × 10¹ N-m²/C?

The total electric flux through a closed surface in the shape of a cylinder is 8.60 x 104 N-m²/C. (a) What is the net charge within the cylinder? (b) From the infor- mation given, what can you say about the charge within the cylinder? (c) How would your answers to parts (a) and (b) change if the net flux were -8.60 × 10¹ N-m²/C?

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