Physics 123, Fall 2009 
Syllabus

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Week Date Homework Minilab Reading for Lecture
1 1-4 Sep. Do MASTERING PHYSICS DEMO
Attend Friday Lecture
No Section Meetings,
Do Mast. Phys. DEMO
Lecture: Sept. 4
1.1 - 1.6; 2.1, 2.2
Measurement and 1D Motion
2 7-11 Sep. Due: Sept. 10
Q: 1.8, 1.11
Ex: 1.5, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.18, 1.22,
2.3, 2.7, 2.9
Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration Lecture: Sept. 11
2.3- 2.5
1D Motion
3 14 - 18 Sept. Due: Sept. 17
Q: 2.15, 2.19
Ex: 2.13, 2.15, 2.24, 2.31, 2.43, 2.45, 2.48
Free Fall Lecture: Sept. 18
1.7 - 1.9; 3.1, 3.2
Vector Algebra; Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
4 21 - 25 Sept. Due: Sept. 24
Q: 1.15, 1.18, 3.4, 3.6
Ex: 1.32, 1.36, 1.43, 1.50,
3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7
Force Vectors Lecture: Sept. 25
3.3, 3.5
2D Motion, Relative Velocity
5 26 Sept.- 2 Oct. Due: Oct. 1
Q: 3.15, 3.18
Ex: 3.9, 3.12, 3.16, 3.27, 3.38, 3.40, 3.41
REVIEW for
EXAM 1, Monday 5-Oct.
9:40PM - 11PM
Ch. 1.1 - 3.2
Lecture: Oct. 2
4.1 - 4.6
Newton's Laws of Motion
6 5 - 9 Oct. Due: Oct. 8
Q: 4.7, 4.21, 4.38
Ex: 4.3, 4.10, 4.19, 4.21, 4.34, 4.37, 4.42
Projectile Motion Lecture: Oct. 9
5.1 - 5.2
Application of Newton's Laws
7 12 - 16 Oct. Due: Oct.15
Q: 5.11, 5.12
Ex: 5.4, 5.8, 5.13, 5.19, 5.22, 5.25, 5.86
Newton's Laws - I Lecture: Oct. 16
3.4,  5.3,  5.4
Circular Motion, Resistive Forces
8 19 - 23 Oct. Due: Oct. 22
Q: 3.12, 5.18
Ex: 3.31, 3.33,
5.29, 5.42, 5.50, 5.51, 5.57
Newton's Laws - II Lecture: Oct. 23
1.10; 6.1 - 6.3
Vector Products; Work and Kinetic Energy
9 26 - 30 Oct. Due: Oct. 29
Q: 1.23, 6.10, 6.11
Ex: 1.54, 1.55
6.2, 6.6, 6.14, 6.15, 6.25, 6.36
Work and Kinetic Energy Lecture: Oct. 30
6.3, 6.4; 7.1
Variable Forces; Power; Gravitational Potential Energy
10 2 - 6 Nov. Due: Nov. 5
Q: 6.20, 6.22, 7.3, 7.10
Ex: 6.33, 6.41, 6.44, 6.50
7.3, 7.5, 7.14
REVIEW for
EXAM 2, Monday 9-Nov.
9:40PM - 11PM
Ch. 3.3 - 6.3
Lecture: Nov. 6
7.2 - 7.5
Conservation of Energy
11 9 - 13 Nov Due: Nov.12
Q: 7.6, 7.20
Ex: 7.23, 7.25, 7.26, 7.32, 7.65, 7.66, 7.78, 7.79
Atwood's Machine Lecture: Nov. 13
8.1 - 8.4
Linear Momentum
12 16 - 20 Nov Due: Nov. 19
Q: 8.2, 8.6, 8.9
Ex: 8.1, 8.8, 8.16, 8.28, 8.34, 8.39, 8.46
Inelastic Collisions Lecture: Nov. 20
8.5;  9.1 - 9.5
Center of Mass; Rigid Body Rotation
13 23 - 27 Nov Thanksgiving:
NO PROBLEMS
Thanksgiving:
NO RECITATIONS
Thanksgiving:
NO LECTURE
14 31 Nov - 4 Dec. Due: Dec. 3
Q: 9.6, 9.9
Ex: 8.49, 8.99,
9.1, 9.5, 9.15, 9.27, 9.47, 9.57, 9.58
Elastic Collisions Lecture: Dec. 4
10.1 - 10.4
Torque and Angular Acceleration
15 7 - 10 Dec. Due: Dec. 10
Q: 10.7, 10.18
Ex: 10.1, 10.3, 10.7, 10.20
NO RECITATIONS Final EXAM
Friday 18-Dec.
4PM - 7PM
Cumulative

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