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I have been trying this problem for multiple hours now, and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.
--Calculate the flux of the vector field F(vector)= 5i + 8j through a square of side 2 lying in the plane x + y + z = 20 oriented away from the origin.
I realize that I need the integral of the Vector field (F) multiplied by the normal vector of the area of the square. To do this, I assigned values for the points of the triangle made, and made 2 new vectors out of it. I crossed these vectors to get the normal vector of the plane given. Once I had that, I dotted the Vector field by the normal vector, then multiplied that by the area of the square.
The answer I got was 20800. This was the incorrect answer!
Can anyone help me!?
Thanks
--Calculate the flux of the vector field F(vector)= 5i + 8j through a square of side 2 lying in the plane x + y + z = 20 oriented away from the origin.
I realize that I need the integral of the Vector field (F) multiplied by the normal vector of the area of the square. To do this, I assigned values for the points of the triangle made, and made 2 new vectors out of it. I crossed these vectors to get the normal vector of the plane given. Once I had that, I dotted the Vector field by the normal vector, then multiplied that by the area of the square.
The answer I got was 20800. This was the incorrect answer!
Can anyone help me!?
Thanks