Solution

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The PDF diagram specifies the prism as
Its triangular horizontal cross-section has area four. Calculate the outward flux on each face using its outward normal vector.
On , the normal is and , so the flux is zero. On , the normal is , giving
On the sloping vertical face , the outward normal is proportional to . Both and vanish there, while is tangent to the face, so the flux is zero.
On the bottom , the normal is and , so the flux is minus the base area, namely . On the top , , so the flux is zero. Thus all five face values and their sum are

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