The following charges are located inside a submarine: 2.75 μC, −9.00 μC, 27.0 μC, and −43.5 μC.(a) Calculate the net electric fl
ux through the hull of the submarine.(b) Is the number of electric field lines leaving the submarine greater than, equal to, or less than the number entering it?
Since the sign of the electric flux is negative we conclude that the electric field lines entering the submarine are more than the electric field lines leaving the submarine. Since negative sign implies that flux by negative charges is dominant.