University Physics Volume 2
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.3CYU
Check Your Understanding Calculate the electric flux through the closed cubical surface for each distribution shown in Figure 6.20.
Figure 6.20 A cubical Gaussian surface with various charge distributions.
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