An electric dipole is surrounded by a closed surface with the surface nearer to the negative end of the dipole than the positive end. The flux through the surface is
A) positive.
B) negative.
C) proportional to the negative charge.
D) inversely proportional to the positive charge.
E) zero.

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The net electric flux through a closed surface surrounding an electric dipole is zero because the number of field lines entering the surface equals the number of lines leaving it, regardless of the surface's shape or orientation relative to the dipole.

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