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COMEDK · Physics · 17. Electrostatics

A charge \(q\) is placed at the centre of a cube. The electric flux passing through the cube is

  1. A \(\frac{1}{3} \frac{q}{\varepsilon_{0}}\)
  2. B \(\frac{1}{6} \frac{q}{\varepsilon_{0}}\)
  3. C \(\frac{q}{\varepsilon_{0}}\)
  4. D \(\frac{1}{4} \frac{q}{\varepsilon_{0}}\)
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(C) \(\frac{q}{\varepsilon_{0}}\)

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According to Gauss's law, total electric flux passing through the cube, \(\phi=\frac{\text { total enclosed charge }}{\varepsilon_{0}}=\frac{q}{\varepsilon_{0}}\)