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Define Gauss’s theorem in electrostatics.

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If states that total electric flux through a closed surface enclosing a charge is equal to `(1)/(epsilon_(0))` times the magnitude of charge enclosed by that closed surface.
`phi=(q)/(epsilon_(0))`
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