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COURSE TIME:
MWF 8:00-9:40 am.
COURSE LOCATION: Roessler 55.
INSTRUCTOR:
Richard Scalettar
PROBLEM SESSIONS:
Mo, Tu, We, Th, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Physics 80
DISCUSSION LEADER:
Miles Frampton
GRADING:
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At the end of this course you will know how to compute the forces that the wall and the lip of the balcony exert on the ladder. |
MORE GRADING DETAILS:
TEXT:
"University Physics", 13th edition, Young and Freedman
LAB INFO/SCHEDULE
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All exams are closed book. Calculators are allowed.
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Make-up exams will
be given only in the case of emergencies. Please obtain
written documentation for any absence.
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No credit will be given on quizzes
and exams
without all work being shown. If you believe there has been an error in
the grading of a homework problem or exam, please write a clear note and
resubmit to us. This must be done within one week of the return of the
graded material.
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A significant fraction of exam problems will be chosen from homework,
discussion sections, and lecture material. Regular review of these
parts of the course throughout the quarter will prepare you well for the
midterms and finals.
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You must pass the lab in order to pass this course.
Lab grade of HP will raise course grade by 1/2 step.
SYLLABUS (and Tentative (!!) Schedule):
First 12 Chapters of Textbook.
1. Units, Physical Quantities, Vectors
(familiarity with these concepts is assumed)
2. Motion Along a Straight Line
(June 22, 24 lectures; HW #1;
Quiz #1 on June 26 covers HW #1)
3. Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
(June 24, 26 lectures; HW #2;
Quiz #2 on July 1 covers HW #2,3)
4. Newton's Laws of Motion
(June 29 lecture; HW #3,4;
Quiz #2 on July 1 covers HW #2,3)
5. Applying Newton's Laws
(July 1 lecture; HW #4)
Quiz #3 on July 6 covers HW #4)
6. Work and Kinetic Energy
(July 6, 8 lectures; HW #5;
Quiz #3 on July 6 covers HW #4)
7. Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
(July 8, 13 lectures; HW #6;
Midterm Exam on July 10 covers Chapters 1-6, HW #1-5)
8. Momentum, Impulse and Collisions
(July 13, 15 lectures; HW #7;
Quiz #4 on July 15 covers HW #6)
9. Rotation of Rigid Bodies
(July 17 lecture; HW #8;
Quiz #5 on July 22 covers HW #7,8)
10. Dynamics of Rotational Motion
(July 22 lecture; HW #9;
11. Equilibrium and Elasticity
(July 17, 20 lectures; HW #8;
Quiz #5 on July 22 covers HW #7,8)
12. Gravitation
(July 27; HW #10;
Final Exam on July 31 is cumulative)
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment One:
Chapter 2:
6, 10, 15, 21, 42, 48, 68, 80, 93, 97
pdf of HW 1 problems