Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 23 - Gauss' Law - Problems - Page 679: 6

Answer

$q=-4.3nC$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $\phi_{total}=(-34)\times (3\times 3)+20(-3\times 3)=-486\frac{N.m^2}{C}$ According to Gauss's law; $\phi_{total}=\frac{q}{\epsilon_{\circ}}$ $\implies q=\epsilon_{\circ}\phi_{total}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $q=(8.85\times 10^{-12})(-486)=-4.3\times 10^{-9}=-4.3nC$
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