Solution

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The divergence of the position vector field is . At height , the horizontal cross-section is a disk of area . By the divergence theorem, the outward flux integral is three times the enclosed volume:
Therefore
A direct check separates the two pieces of the surface integral. On the unit sphere, the outward unit normal is , so and the curved contribution is . On the top disk, , giving . Their sum is the same flux.

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