A flat, square surface with sides of length L is described by the equations
The electric flux through the square due to a positive point charge q located at the origin (x = 0, y = 0, z = 0) is
Imagine a charge q at the center of a cube of edge length 2L (figure).
Then
Here, the square is 1/24 of the surface area of the imaginary cube, so it intercepts 1/24 of the flux. That is,