Electric flux through cube faces with point charge at center

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Homework Statement



A point charge of magnitude q is at the center of a cube with sides of length L.

Part A
What is the electric flux Phi through each of the six faces of the cube?
Part B
What would be the flux [tex]\phi[/tex]through a face of the cube if its sides were of length L1?


Homework Equations



[tex]\phi[/tex]=Ea cos theta

[tex]\phi[/tex] = q/Eo

The Attempt at a Solution



Not sure of where to begin. Can someone show me how to tackle this?
 
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Use Gauss' law. Remember that since the charge is at the cube's center, and all of the cube's sides are identical, the flux through one side is one-sixth the flux through the whole thing.