University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 22 - Gauss's Law - Problems - Exercises - Page 746: 22.8

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(a) $S_1$ contains only charge $q_1$, so the electric flux through this surface is $$\Phi_{S_{1}}=q_{1} / \epsilon_{0}=\left(4 \times 10^{-9} \mathrm{C}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=452 \mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{C}$$ where $\epsilon_o = 8.854 \times 10^{-12} \mathrm{C}^{2} /\left(\mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2}\right)$ (b) $S_2$ contains only charge $q_2$, so the electric flux through this surface is $$\Phi_{S_{2}}=q_{2} / \epsilon_{0}=\left(-7.8 \times 10^{-9} \mathrm{C}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=-881 \mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{C}$$ (c) $S_3$ contains the charge $q_1$ and $q_2$, so the electric flux through this surface is $$\Phi_{S_{3}}=\left(q_{1}+q_{2}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=\left((4-7.8) \times 10^{-9} \mathrm{C}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=-429 \mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{C}$$ (d) $S_4$ contains the charge $q_1$ and $q_3$, so the electric flux through this surface is $$\Phi_{S_{4}}=\left(q_{1}+q_{3}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=\left((4+2.4) \times 10^{-9} \mathrm{C}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=723 \mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{C}$$ (e) $S_5$ contains the charges $q_1, q_2$ and $q_3$, so the electric flux through this surface is $$\Phi_{S_{5}}=\left(q_{1}+q_{2}+q_{3}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=\left((4-7.8+2.4 ) \times 10^{-9} \mathrm{C}\right) / \epsilon_{0}=-158 \mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{C}$$ (f) No, it doesn't depend because the Gauss's law is for the enclosed charge.
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