Let the charge density in a certain region of space be ?. The electric field in that region points in the +x direction with = constant. This implies

A. that ? is positive in that region.
B. that ? is negative in that region.
C. that ? is zero in that region.
D. that the field is physically impossible.
E. nothing useful about the region’s charge density.


C. that ? is zero in that region.

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