Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Elements of Physics 161

Fall 2009

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SECOND EXAM on November 12. You may visit any TA's office hour.
exam1 solution
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    • Students enrolled in this course are required to regularly check this 750:161 course home page. 
    Important announcements about WebAssign, homework, laboratory/workshop, exams, etc. are posted at the bottom of this webpage.

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    Contents:



    lecture notes (1-9 power point, 10-beyond pdf format) and homework solutions (pdf format)


     

    Announcements


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    REMARKS ABOUT HOMEWORK WEBASSIGN:
    Give your answers with 3 significant figures in the units indicated. This avoids difficulties with webassign's 1% precision rule.
    Powers of 10 should be in E format with no spaces.

    HW1, #9,
    Draw the x-t and v-t diagrams for the train's motion and see if they reflect the reality.

    HW6, #5,
    Use density of iron from Table 9.3 on page 276 of text book

    HW8, # 5,
    1 Cal equals 1000 cal = 1 kcal. In some #5 versions the number of kcal is wrong.

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    REMARKS ABOUT EXAM AND EXAM REVIEW
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    SECOND EXAM ANNOUNCEMENT-PHYSICS 161
    The second midterm exam will be given during class time on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 from 5:00 -6:20 PM. The exam for students in Lab Sections 01, 04, and 08 (Instructors Kloet and Kale) will be held in SEC-111. The exam for all other students (Lab Sections 02, 03, 06, 07, and 09, with instructors Edrey and Xu) will be held in the Physics Lecture Hall. Each Student will have an assigned seat. It will be the night of the Rutgers vs. South Florida 7:30 PM football game, so plan to come earlier to avoid traffic problems. The campus buses will be operating.
    Professor Leath will be giving a review session for the second exam on Wednesday evening, November 11th, from 8:00 PM until 9:30 PM in Hill-114 (Note location.). All 161 Students are invited. He will make no presentation, but will be available to answer questions students have on the Webassign problems, the practice exam, the lecture notes, the textbook chapters and problems, or any other covered materials as they have studied for the exam. Also, as usual, Professor DeBuvitz will be available for tutoring on Friday mornings from 10:00 AM- 12:00 Noon in ARC 332.
    The exam will cover materials from the text, lectures, and Webassign problems.The exam may have questions on the materials in Chapters 9-12, and Lectures 9-17. There will be four multi-part questions on the exam. The exam will be closed-book. You may bring two 8.5 x 11" sheets of notes in your own handwriting (no xerox copies). You need to bring a simple calculator, your student ID card, and several pencils or pens to the exam. No communication devices, cell phones, backpacks, etc. are allowed. If you bring them, you will have to leave them at the front of the room during the exam.
    If you need to miss the exam for a valid reason (such as an exam conflict or a medical problem), you may qualify for the make-up exam. Contact Prof. Leath in advance (if at all possible) and in any case, provide a written note explaining the reason for missing the exam.



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    REMARKS ABOUT EXAM WEEK
    During the week of exam2, there will be no lab/workshop meetings.
    Office hours will be held on usual days/times.
    On Wednesday 8:00-9:30pm, the evening before the exam, Prof Leath will hold a helpsession in Hill-114.
    Due date for HW9 is Nov 9.
    Due date for HW10 is Nov 16.
    The week before the exam week, workshops meet on usual times to discuss problems of HW9, do a quiz, and discuss an old exam2.

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    FOR ALL RESULTS IN THE LAB:
    Give your answers with 3 significant figures in the units indicated.

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    Free tutoring available: Professor William DeBuvitz, Friday 10:00am-12:00noon, ARC 332 at the MSLC

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