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Homework Statement
The total electric flux from a cubical box 40.0 cm on a side is 4700 Nm^2/C. What charge is enclosed by the box?
Homework Equations
Gauss Law: surface integral of E-field-vector * dA-vector = Q_enclosed/epsilon naught
The Attempt at a Solution
The reason I am making this post is that I was under the impression that the left side of Gauss' Law is the total (or net) electric flux over the surface of the shape. Why am I even being given the sides of the box? 4700 Nm^2/C, being the total electric flux, is the left side of the equation in Gauss' Law!
Why is my answer of [4700 * epsilon naught] incorrect?
Thanks.