PHY 121, SUMMER 2007

Matt Leone - Physics 121

Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics
Summer 2007

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TESTS & QUIZZES

HOMEWORK

ASSIGNED READINGS

NOTES

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TESTS & QUIZZES

Week	Test/Quiz	Solutions
Week 1	Quiz #1	Quiz #1 - Solutions (6 MB)
Week 2	Quiz 2 Practice Problems	Quiz 2 Practice - Solutions (5 MB)
Week 3	Quiz 2 Test 1 - Practice More Test 1 - Practice (4 MB) Test 1	Quiz 2 - Solutions (5 MB) Test 1 - Practice - Solutions (10 MB) More Test 1 - Practice - Solutions (5 MB) Test 1 - Solutions (10 MB)
Week 4	Test 1 Partial Makeup	Test 1 Partial Makeup - Solutions (8 MB)
Week 5	Quiz 3 Practice (& Test 2 Practice) Quiz 3 (& Test 2 Practice) Test 2 Practice Corrected Test 2 Practice - Corrections Test 2 Bonus - Real Pulleys (4 MB) Test 2	Quiz 3 Practice - Solutions (32 MB) Quiz 3 - Solutions (5 MB) Test 2 Practice Solutions - A (11 MB) Test 2 Practice Solutions - B (44 MB) Test 2 - Solutions (27 MB)
Week 6	Recitation 6 - New Material Final Exam Practice Some pages mixed with solutions. Formulae for Final Exam Final Exam	Recitation 6 - New Material Final Exam Practice - Solutions Final Exam - Solutions

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HOMEWORK

Dates	Problems	Solutions
Set #1 Due Wed, 5/23 In class.	Homework 1 problem set (5 MB) In-class problems class #1 In-class problems class #2	All Set 1 Solutions (20 MB)
Set #2 Due Wed, 5/30 In class.	Recitation #1 problems (5 MB) Homework 2 problem set - part A Homework 2 problem set - part B In-class problems classes #3 & #4	Recitation 1 - Solutions (12 MB) HW 2 - Part A - Solutions (16 MB) HW 2 - Part B - Solutions (5 MB) In-Class 3 & 4 - Solutions (2 MB)
Set #3 Due Thu, 5/31 In class.	Recitation 2 problem set: CH 4 - Pr. 6, 8, 15, 17, 18, 22, 26, 35, 46, 50 HW 3 problem set: CH 4 - Qu. 4, 11, 19 Pr. 5, 11, 12, 19, 24, 34, 36, 40, 52, 75 In-class Day 6	Recitation 2 - Solutions (19 MB) HW 3 - Solutions (19 MB) In-Class 6 - Solutions (7 MB)
Set #4 Due Mon, June 4 In class.	In-class Wed, May 30 HW 3 Part 2 problem set: CH 5 - Qu. 1, 2 CH 5 - Pr. 4, 10, 12, 32a,b, 37, 46 CH 6 - Pr. 4, 18 Quiz 2 Practice Problems	In-Class Wed, May 30 - Solutions (7 MB) HW 3 Part 2 - Solutions (11 MB) Quiz 2 Practice - Solutions (5 MB)
Set #5 Due Tue, June 5 In class.	In-class Thu, May 31 HW 5 problem set: CH 7 - Qu. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12 CH 7 - Pr. 2, 4, 11, 34, 40, 44, 48, 54	In-class Thu, May 31 - Solutions (4 MB) HW 5 - Solutions (10 MB)
Set #6 Due Tue, June 12 Postponed to Mon 6/18	In-class Mon, June 4 In-class Tue, June 5 (3 MB) Recitation 3 (5 MB) HW 6 problem set: CH 8 - Qu. 3, 6, 18, 20, 21, 27 CH 8 - Pr. 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 26, 29, 32, 37, 42a, 49, 70, 79, 82	In-class Mon, June 4 - Solutions (4 MB) In-class Tue, June 5 - Solutions (9 MB) Recitation 3 - Solutions (4 MB) HW 6 problem set - CH 8 Problems Solutions (21 MB) CH 8 Problems Solutions - Correction to 14
Set #7 Due Thu, June 14 Postponed to Fri 6/15 12:00 pm (noon)	In-class Mon, June 11 (2 MB) In-class Tue, June 12 (2 MB) In-class Wed, June 13 (11 MB) HW 7 problem set: CH 8 - Pr. 97 CH 9 - Pr. 13, 19, 23, 46, 52, 59, 64, 74 CH 10 - Pr. 24, 29, 33, 53, 59, 69, 75, 103 CH 11 - Pr. 36, 40 (with M_rod=3kg, W_rod=2m, M_clay=2kg, v_i,clay=4m/s, h=0.3m, s=0.2m) Recitation 4	In-class Mon, June 11 - Solutions (3 MB) In-class Tue, June 12 - Solutions (4 MB) In-class Wed, June 13 - Solutions (8 MB) HW 7 Problem Set - Solutions (38 MB) Recitation 4 - Solutions (10 MB)
Set #8 Due Tue, June 19 In class.	In-class Thu, June 14 Quiz 3 Practice (& Test 2 Practice) HW 8 problem set: CH 12 - Pr. 10, 11, 12, 22, 23, 25, 26, 31, 69	In-class Thu, June 14 - Solutions (2 MB) Quiz 3 Practice - Solutions (32 MB) Set 8, Ch 12 - Solutions (17 MB)
Set #9 Due Fri, June 22 In class.	Test 2 Practice	Test 2 Practice Solutions - A (11 MB) Test 2 Practice Solutions - B (44 MB)
Set #10 Due Thu, June 28 By 5:00pm in my mailbox.	In-class Mon, June 18 Recitation 5: Ch 17 - Pr. 29, 33, 35, 39, 45, 47 Ch 18 - Pr. 3, 7, 14 Ch 14 - Differential Equations Practice (5 MB) In-class Mon, June 25 (2 MB) Recitation 6 - New Material Final Exam Practice Some pages mixed with solutions.	In-class Mon, June 18 - Solutions Recitation 5 - Solutions Ch 14 - Differential Equations Practice - Solutions In-class Mon, June 25 - Solutions (3 MB) Recitation 6 - New Material Final Exam Practice - Solutions
Rest of Summer Due Mon, Sept 3 In your eyeballs.	Watch the Mechanical Universe series online for free - supercool.

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ASSIGNED READINGS

Week	Assigned reading by date
Week 1	We did not use assigned reading the first week.
Week 2	Tue, 5/29: 4.2, 4.4-4.7 Wed, 5/30: 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.3 Thu, 5/31: 6.4-6.5
Week 3	Fri, 6/1: 7.1-7.4 Discussed on 5/31 Mon, 6/4: Chapter 8 (all sections) Tue, 6/5: More chapter 8 (complex situations) Wed, 6/6: Some exam review. Thu, 6/7: Exam I: Chapters 1-7
Week 4	Mon, 6/11: 9.1-9.9 Tue & Wed, 6/12 & 6/13: 10.1-10.11 Thu, 6/14: 11.1-11.4, 11.7, 12.1-12.3
Week 5	Mon, 6/18: 14.1-14.2, 14.5, 14.7 Tue, 6/19: 17.3, 17.6-17.9, 18.1-18.4 Wed, 6/20: 19.1-19.5 Thu, 6/21: Exam II: Chapters 8-12

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NOTES

Week	Notes
Week 1	Disclaimer Mon, 5/21 (22 MB) Tue, 5/22 (22 MB) Wed, 5/23 (17 MB) Thu, 5/24 (19 MB)
Week 2	Tue, 5/29 (29 MB) Wed, 5/30 (25 MB) Thu, 5/31 (26 MB)
Week 3	Mon, 6/4 (12 MB) Tue, 6/5 (12 MB)
Week 4	Mon, 6/11 (14 MB) Tue, 6/12 (9 MB) Wed, 6/13 (17 MB) Thu, 6/14 (11 MB)
Week 5	Mon, 6/18 (9 MB) Tue, 6/19 (8 MB) Wed, 6/20 (6.4 MB)
Week 6	Mon, 6/25 (7 MB) Tue, 6/26 (5 MB)