Weekly homework
Each week, the written test is on the material assigned during the lectures of
the preceding week. The current week is identified below by the pointer which advances each Friday
afternoon. To prepare for this week's test, look above this
pointer.
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Before coming to class: high school math
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- PPLATO modules MATH 1.1, 1.3 through 1.6, as needed
- WeBWorK online homework assignments 1.Introduction to WeBWorK and 2.Elementary Math Review.
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Week 1. Introduction. Units, significant figures. Problem-solving strategy.
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- Textbook 1.1 through 1.4. All of the section-end problems.
- PPLATO module MATH 1.2
- WeBWorK online homework assignment 3.Math, Units, Significant Figures (will be finalized on Monday)
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Week 2. Vectors. Components of motion. Velocity and acceleration.
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- Textbook 2.1-2.4, 3.2-3.3,3.5. All of the section-end problems.
- PPLATO MATH 2.4: Introducing scalars and vectors
- WeBWorK online homework Assignment 4.Vectors
- You may find this to be a useful practice problem. Solve it both graphically and through the component method.
You may use
to help you with the problems of vector addition; report answers as (magnitude,direction) or (x-component,y-component) pairs, as appropriate.
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Week 3. Kinematics in 1D. Uniform acceleration: free fall.
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Week 4. Kinematics in 2D. Projectile motion.
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Week 5. Newton's Laws. Relating forces and motion. Contact forces: normal, friction, tension
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- Textbook 4.1 through 4.6 (4.7 optional, but recommended); 5.1. All of the section-end problems.
- PPLATO PHYS 2.3: Forces, subsections 1 through 4.
- WeBWorK online homework Assignment 7.Newton's Laws
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Week 6. Reading week
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Week 7. Work and energy. Conservation of energy.
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Week 8. Conservation of energy, cont'd. Power. Simple rotations.
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Week 9. Dynamics of uniform rotation. Centripetal force. Gravity.
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Week 10. Torque and equilibrium. N2L for rotations. Rotational work and energy.
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Week 11. Momentum and impulse. Conservation of momentum. Collisions.
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Week 12. Angular Momentum.
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Week 13. Oscillations, waves, and sound.
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All Textbook references are to
College Physics,
second edition, by Urone, Hinrichs, Dirks, and Sharma, published by OpenStax.
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