Question

A student has made the statement that the electric flux through one half of a Gaussian surface is always equal and opposite to the flux through the other half of the Gaussian surface. This is:_______.

a. never true.

b. never false.

c. true whenever enclosed charge is symmetrically located at a center point, or on a center line or centrally placed plane

d. true whenever no charge is enclosed within the Gaussian surface.

e. true only when no charge is enclosed within the Gaussian surface.

Answer 1

E.true only when no charge is enclosed within the Gaussian surface.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because Gauss’s law states that the net flux of an electric field in a closed surface is directly proportional to the enclosed electric charge.