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PHY 102 Test Compilation PHY 102 21 Objective Question

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Gauss's law can be applied to the following except
Options
A location of excess charge on a conductor
B the Coulomb's law
Correct Answer
C field just outside any charged conductor
D no correct option
Correct Answer

Option B is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Gauss's law is used to find the field of highly symmetric charge distributions, to locate excess charge on conductors, and to find the field just outside a charged conductor. It is not itself 'applied to' Coulomb's law - rather, Coulomb's law can be derived FROM Gauss's law for a point charge, so 'the Coulomb's law' is the odd one out here.

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Gauss's law is used to find the field of highly symmetric charge distributions, to locate excess charge on conductors, and to find the field just outside a c...

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