Shown below is a distribution of charges. The flux of electric field due to these charges through the surface S is:
3q/ε₀
2q/ε₀
q/ε₀
Zero
According to Gauss’s Law, the total electric flux () through a closed surface is equal to the net charge enclosed by the surface () divided by the permittivity of free space (). Mathematically, . The flux does not depend on the shape or size of the surface, nor on the distribution of charges inside it; it depends solely on the net magnitude of the enclosed charge . Charges located outside the surface S do not contribute to the net flux through it. Since the probable answer is , it implies that the net charge enclosed within the surface S in the corresponding diagram is .
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