A Student Has Made the Statement That the Electric Flux

question 1

Multiple Choice

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.