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I tried it both ways. The normal ends up being the same magnitude either way, and neither answer works. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong :(

I drew a picture, and have everything set up. the Surface Area of the cylinder would be 2pi*r^2+2pi*r*h. Since the charge is located along the z axis, and the cylinder is oriented around the z axis, the top and bottom of the cylinder should not be used in the SA. So, the surface area would...

Ok, when I said I don't know where to start, I did not mean that basic. I know Gauss's electric flux equation. I know that it involves the Electric field, the normal vector to the area, and the area of the cylinder (2*pi*r*h). How can I find the normal vector in this problem?

This is actually a problem in my Vector Calc class, but is very fitting for this section. I have been trying to understand this problem, and cannot seem to figure out where to go. The z-axis carries a constant electric charge density of λ units of charge per unit length with λ > 0. The...

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...