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Grade 12Electrostatics

A charge of Q coulomb is located at the centre of a cube If the corner of the cube is takenas the originthen the flux coming out from the faces of the cube in the direction of X axis will be

Profile image of pallavi  pradeep bhardwaj
16 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Badiuddin askIITians.ismu Expert
16 Years ago

Dear pallavi

use gauss's law

cube have 6 faces all face are symettrical so from each face equal flux will come out

Φ =∫E.ds  =Q/ε

 so flux from one face  = Q/6ε

 two face are in the x direction so total flux =Q/3ε

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