The figure shows a closed Gaussian surface in the shape of a cube of edge length 2.3 m, with one corner at X1 = 4.6 m,y1 = 4.7 m. The cube lies in a region where the electric field vector is given by E = -2.0 i -3.8 y2 j +2.4 k N/C, with y in meters. What is the net charge contained by the cube?

The figure shows a closed Gaussian surface in the shape of a cube of edge length 2.3 m, with one corner at X1 = 4.6 m,y1 = 4.7 m. The cube lies in a region where the electric field vector is given by E = -2.0 i -3.8 y2 j +2.4 k N/C, with y in meters. What is the net charge contained by the cube?

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter25: Gauss’s Law

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