PHY 131 - Fall 2003     

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Course Outline                                                  

 

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Solutions to the final                                    

Midterm solutions: page 1,     page 2                                     

Answers to the review questions (lecture 18, 12/4/03)

 

 

 

HW and solutions (Serway Jewett 6th ed)

Reading assignments

Web resources

Set#7 Due 12/2/03

Ch9: 43

Ch10: 1,4,21,31,46,54

Ch12: 10,43

(Hints: 10-46: Choose the zero gravitational energy at the level where the masses pass.)

Solutions set#7

Set #6  Due 11/20/03

Ch 9:  9,10,15,18,25,33,56,60

Hints to HW problems (make sure you give it your best try before you look at the hints. Solutions set 6:  P.1, P.2

Set#5 Due 11/13/03

Ch8:2,6,10,11,52,57,63

Ch9:2,5,56

Solutions set #5

Set #4:Due 11/4/03

Ch6: problems: 3,6,8,17,18

Ch7: problems: 2,13,16,19,29

Solutions Set #4

 

Set #3: Due 10/21/03

Ch5: problems: 1,9,21,22,40,45,55

Solutions set#3  

 

Set#2 Due 10/14/03

Ch2:  42, 70, 73

Ch3: 14,23, 53

Ch4: 17, 20, 23, 54 Due 10/16/03

Solutions set  #2

 

Set#1 Due 10/7/03

Ch 1: 17,18,46,54

Ch2: 4,7,15,20,33,63

Solutions set  #1

 

Due 12/2/03

Ch 12

Due 11/25/03

Ch 11

Due 11/20/03

Ch 10

Due 11/13/03

Ch9 p.260-277

Due 11/6/03

Ch 9 p.257-260

Due 11/4/03

Ch8

Due10/30/03

Ch7

Due 10/28/03

Ch 6

Due 10/21/03

Review for the midterm

Due 10/16/03

Ch 5 P.122-137

Due 10/14/03

Ch 5 P.112-122

Due 10/9/03:

Ch 4

Due 10/7/03:

Ch 3

Due 10/2/03:

Ch 2 p.31-48

Due 9/30/03:

Ch 1, Ch 2 p.23-30

 

Lecture 18 (12/4/03)

Review for the final

Lecture 17 (12/2/03)

The Conservation Of Angular Momentum

Atwood Machine with Rotation (similar to the HW question)

Lecture 16 (11/25/03)

Lever Principle

Lecture 15 ( 11/20/03)

Virtual Lab: Free Rolling Java applet

Lecture 12,13 ( 11/6/03, 11/13/03)

Momentum and Its Conservation

2 balls from opposite directions

Newton’s cradle

Lectures 10,11 (10/30/03,11/4/03)

The Physics Classroom- work energy and power

Lecture 9(10/28/03)

How do Roller Coasters work?

Lecture 8(10/23/03)

Midterm exam

Lecture 7(10/21/03)

Frictional force

Lecture 6 (10/14/03)

Applet: Net Force

Lecture 5 (10/9/03)

Projectile Motion (Java Applet)

Lecture 4 (10/7/03)

Addition of Vectors

More Addition of Vectors

Lecture 3 (10/2/03)

Why Do We Fall 

Lecture 2 (9/30/03)

Physics: Speed

1-D Kinematics

Lecture 1 (9/25/03)

Unit Conversion Calculators
The NIST references

Powers of 10  (a journey across the universes)

 

 

 

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