Which of the following statements about Gauss\'s law are correct? (There may be

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Which of the following statements about Gauss's law are correct? (There may be more than one correct choice.) Gauss's law is valid only for symmetric charge distributions, such as spheres and cylinders. If there is no charge inside of a Gaussian surface, the electric filed must be zero at all points of that surface. Only charge enclosed within a Gaussian surface can produce an electric field at points on that surface. The electric flux passing through a Gaussian surface depends only on the amount of charge enclosed by that surface, and not on its size or shape.

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The Gauss law states that the total of the electric flux out of a closed surface is equal to the charge enclosed divided by the permittivity.

D) Gauss law states that electric flux out of a closed surface depends only enclosed charge, and it doesn't depend on size or shape or charge distribution or any outside charge...Option D is basic definition of Gauss law, it doesn't get anymore basic than that.

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