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Chapter 22, Problem 1DQ

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A rubber balloon has a single point charge in its interior. Does the electric flux through the balloon depend on whether or not it is fully inflated? Explain your reasoning.

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Problem 1DQ

A rubber balloon has a single point charge in its interior. Does the electric flux through the balloon depend on whether or not it is fully inflated? Explain your reasoning.

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As the balloon is closed surface , the total electric flux through a closed surface is equal to the total net electric charge inside the surface by .

That is,                                         

Where is flux through the closed surface,  is net total electric charge enclosed with closed surface,  permittivity of free space.

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