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PeteyCoco
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Find the net electrical flux through a closed sphere of radius R in a uniform electric field
I know that the flux is going to be 0 since there is no charge enclosed, but how would I show this mathematically? The next half of the question asks about a cylinder with sides parallel to the electric field, which I can prove is 0 easily, but I'm not sure if I know the math to prove the first scenario. Can the sphere-problem be proven with only knowledge of Single-Variable calc?
EDIT: I guess I'm asking if this can be proven easily using the first half of Gauss's Law, ignoring (Q-internal)/(epsilon-nought)
I know that the flux is going to be 0 since there is no charge enclosed, but how would I show this mathematically? The next half of the question asks about a cylinder with sides parallel to the electric field, which I can prove is 0 easily, but I'm not sure if I know the math to prove the first scenario. Can the sphere-problem be proven with only knowledge of Single-Variable calc?
EDIT: I guess I'm asking if this can be proven easily using the first half of Gauss's Law, ignoring (Q-internal)/(epsilon-nought)
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