Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Elements of Physics 161

Fall 2009

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SECOND EXAM has been graded. The average is 72%. Grades are in the gradebook.
exam1 solution
exam2 solution
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Due date for HW10 is Nov 16
Due date for HW11 is Nov 23
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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:

• General Information (textbook, lecture, instructors, Webassign, etc)
• Syllabus
• Lab/Workshop Schedule, Manuals, and practise Exams :
  Before coming to laboratory session, make your own printout of:
  Laboratory Manual for this week's Experiment,
  Laboratory Report Sheets (to be submitted at the end of laboratory session)  
• How to use WebAssign
• Homework for Physics 161 online WebAssign
You may send questions to Wim Kloet (kloet@physics.rutgers.edu) regarding WebAssign till 11:00 am on the due date.

• Link to WebAssign Student Login
• Grading and Examinations
• A guide to preparing for exams
• Learning Resources
• Gradebook
• Students with Disabilities
• Useful Web Links

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

• overhead of lecture 1 , overhead of lecture 2 , solution of HW1

• overhead of lecture 3 , solution of HW2

• overhead of lecture 4 , overhead of lecture 5 , solution of HW3

• overhead of lecture 6 , overhead of lecture 7 , solution of HW4

• overhead of lecture 8 , overhead of lecture 9 , solution of HW5

• overhead of lecture 10 , overhead of lecture 11 , solution of HW6

• overhead of lecture 12 , solution of HW7

• overhead of lecture 13 , overhead of lecture 14 , solution of HW8

• overhead of lecture 15 , overhead of lecture 16 , solution of HW9

• overhead of lecture 17 , overhead of lecture 18 , solution of HW10

• overhead of lecture 19

• overhead of lecture 20 , overhead of lecture 21

• overhead of lecture 22

 

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, 2P37,
Draw the x-t and v-t diagrams for the train's motion and see if they reflect the reality.

HW6, #5, 9P43,
Use density of iron from Table 9.3 on page 276 of text book

HW8, # 5, 11P6,
1 Cal equals 1000 cal = 1 kcal. In some #5 versions the number of kcal is wrong.

HW10, # 4, 14P4,
Velocity of sound in seawater is given in Table 14.1 at 25 C. It does not change with temperature as rapidly as the velocity in air.

HW11, # 7, 15P8,
Notation of answer may contain factors like ke and q^2 and (1-sqrt2).

HW11, # 8, 15P17,
Answer is in units of N/C.

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REMARKS ABOUT EXAM AND EXAM REVIEW
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REMARKS ABOUT EXAM WEEK

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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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