A cylinder on whose surfaces there is a vertical electric field of varying magnitude as shown. The electric field is uniform on the top surface as well as on the bottom surface therefore, this cylinder encloses
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B
Consider a Gaussian surface
φ φ = (800 – 400) A = 
q in = 400ε 0 A
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