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(N/A) The applications of Gauss's law are as follows:
$(1)$ To calculate the electric field due to an infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire.
$(2)$ To calculate the electric field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet.
$(3)$ To calculate the electric field due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
$(4)$ To calculate the electric field due to a uniformly charged solid sphere.
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