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I understand that when computing the integral of E dot dA the E dot dA of the sides would be zero, but I was talking about simply calculating and integrating the amount of charge enclosed (but I think I understand that the charge enclosed would be the σ times the area of the circle of the...

(this is for an infinite plane of charge with a uniformly distributed positive charge density σ) and using Gaussian surface of a cylinder where the infinite plan is at x=0 and the two sides of the cylnider extend to include x<0 and x>0

when deriving the electric field through using gauss's law, I do not completely understand why when calculating for the charge enclosed the answer key says "The surface charge distribution on is uniform. The area of the intersection of he non-conducting plane with the Gaussian cylinder is equal...

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