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1. Explain the electric field you see when the capacitor (long parallel sheets of charge) is complete.
2. The top and bottom sheets have equal and opposite charge. Which one is positively charged? Which is negatively charged?
3. What type of Gaussian surface would you use to find the field inside the capacitor? What type would you use outside the capacitor?
4. Sketch the Gaussian surface and explain why you chose it.

Problem authored by Wolfgang Christian, Melissa Dancy and Anne J Cox.