A student has made the statement that the electric flux through one half of a Gaussian surface is always equal to the flux through the other half of the Gaussian surface. This is

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The statement is true only when the enclosed charge is symmetrically located at a center point, on a center line, or on a centrally placed plane. This is due to the symmetry of the charge distribution, which ensures that the electric field lines passing through one half of the Gaussian surface are mirrored by the electric field lines passing through the other half, resulting in equal electric flux through both halves.

A Student Has Made the Statement That the Electric Flux