Whitney says that Gauss's law can be used to find the electric field of a sufficiently symmetrical distribution of charge as long as over the whole Gaussian surface. Algie says that the electric field must be a constant vector over the entire Gaussian surface. Which one, if either, is correct?

A.

Whitney, because that means no charge is enclosed within the Gaussian surface.

B.
Algie, because a constant electric field means that .

C.
Both, because the conditions in (a) and (b) are equivalent.

D.
Neither, because the electric field can be found from Gauss's law only if   holds only over a portion of the Gaussian surface.

E.
Neither, because the charge distribution must be symmetric if anywhere on the surface.


Answer: D

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