Question
Write the uses of Gauss's law.

Answer

►Applications of Gauss's theorem :
(1) To get field due to infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire.
(2) To get field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet
(3) To get field due to uniformly charged thin spherical shell
(4) To get field due to uniformly charged sphere.

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