Question

Gauss's law is applicable to?

Answer 1

Gauss's law

1. Gauss's law for electricity states that the electric flux $\varphi$ across any closed surface is proportional to the net electric charge $q$ enclosed by the surface
2. electric flux, $\varphi =\frac{q}{{\epsilon }_0}$

where $q$ is electric charge and ${\epsilon }_0$ is the permittivity of free space.

Gauss's law is applicable to:

1. From the equation, it is clear that Gauss's law is applicable to any closed surface of any shape.
2. It only requires the surface to have a symmetric charge distribution.