Recent content by JamesMay

Great thanks, that makes sense.

ok, so would I put the whole thing into cartesian coordinates? I don't know how to integrate that when dS is not spherical.

Homework Statement A charge q sits at the back corner of a cube. What is the flux of E through the opposite (front)side? Homework Equations Flux=q/ε_0 The Attempt at a Solution As the flux through the whole cube must be q/ε_0, I thought that for one side it would just be...

Oh right, I always forget that cos(0) isn't just 0. You would think I'd have learned that by now. Thanks!

Homework Statement I am trying to sort out surface integrals in my head, and have become more confused when attempting to calculate the surface integral of a hemisphere. I am getting confused about which values to use as boundaries. Homework Equations da=R^2 sinθdθdφ The...