A charge q = +6.53 ?C is located at the center of a regular tetrahedron. (a) Find the magnitude of the total electric flux through the tetrahedron. (b) Find the magnitude of the electric flux through one face of the tetrahedron.

A charge q = +6.53 ?C is located at the center of a regular tetrahedron. (a) Find the magnitude of the total electric flux through the tetrahedron. (b) Find the magnitude of the electric flux through one face of the tetrahedron.

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Chapter23: Continuous Charge Distributions And Gauss's Law

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A charge q = +6.53 ?C is located at the center of a regular tetrahedron.

(a) Find the magnitude of the total electric flux through the tetrahedron.

(b) Find the magnitude of the electric flux through one face of the tetrahedron.

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