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Homework Statement



Find the electric flux through the plane surface shown in the figure below if θ = 64.2°, E = 375 N/C, and d = 4.70 cm. The electric field is uniform over the entire area of the surface.

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By using the equation:EAcosθ
375x0.0472cos64.2=0.167
I've found that answer is 0.167N.m2/C,but it is not correct.
What is the correct answer?
 

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jtbell said:
Please show us exactly how you calculated your answer.

I'v edited the content of my thread.Tell me of there are any things are need to be added.
 
haha1234 said:
I'v edited the content of my thread.Tell me of there are any things are need to be added.

You have done the calculations incorrectly, what did you input in your calculator?
 
Pranav-Arora said:
You have done the calculations incorrectly, what did you input in your calculator?

375x0.0472cos64.2=0.167
 
haha1234 said:
375x0.0472cos64.2=0.167

I don't seem to be getting 0.167 with Wolfram Alpha.
 
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Pranav-Arora said:
I don't seem to be getting 0.167 with Wolfram Alpha.

But I cannot get he other answer.:cry:
 

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E=375
d2 = .002209
Cos64.2° = .435231

Multiply the three quantities and you should get something like .3605
 
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haha1234 said:
But I cannot get he other answer.:cry:

because the tool is interpreting the angle 64.2 in radians .
 
Tanya Sharma said:
E=375
d2 = .002209
Cos64.2° = .435231

Multiply the three quantities and you should get something like .3605

Thanks. I finally found that I have changed the mode of my calculator into radian,so I cannot find the correct answer.