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When we describe electric flux, we say that a surface is oriented in a certain direction with respect to an electric field. When we try to c
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When we describe electric flux, we say that a surface is oriented in a certain direction with respect to an electric field. When we try to calculate how much electric field passes through the surface, we make use of the:_________.
1. Wedge Product
2. Dot Product
3. Cross Product
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Answer:
2. Dot Product
Explanation:
The calculation of the electric flux gives an scalar result.
When we tray to calculate how much electric field passes trough a surface, we are calculating a scalar value. Furthermore, the concept of flux requires the calculation of a scalar value.
Also it is necessary to take into account that the magnitude of the flux trough a surface depends of the inclination of the surface respect to the direction of the electric field. This is taken into account sufficiently by a dot product.
Then, the answer is:
2. Dot Product