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mr_coffee
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Hello everyone, I'm stuck on yet another check point There is a certian net flux through a Gaussian surface radius r enclosing an isolated charged particle. Supppose the enclosing Gausssian surface is changed to (a) a larger Gaussian sphere, (b) a Gaussian cube with edge length equal to r, and (c) a Gaussian cube with edge length equal to 2r. In each case, is the net flux through the new Gaussian surface greater than, less than, or equal to the orginal net flux. I first tried to visual the difference, so I thought it made sense, if you increase the size, it will capture more electrical fields but then I remembered if the same amount of electrical fields enter and leave the surface there is a net flux of 0. Is that the answer why it doesn't matter how large the G surface is?