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--- 184_notes:examples:week5_flux_tilted_surface [2021/06/01 15:23] – schram45
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 ===Approximations & Assumptions===
-  * The electric field is constant.
+There are a few simplifying approximations and assumptions we should make before solving this problem.
-  * The surface is flat.
+  * The electric field is constant: Allows the electric field to be constant through our area which simplifies down the flux equation.
+  * The surface is flat: Allows all the area vectors associated with the surface to point in the same direction.
   * The electric flux through the surface is due only to  $\vec{E}$ .
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