Exercise 1: Find the course page on the internet and email it (or its location) to me.
Exercise 2: Email me to say whether you would prefer multiple-choice or "essay" exams, and whether you would prefer exams in the evenings (say, 5:00-6:25) or in-class, as scheduled now.
Exercise 3: What is the world speed record for a car (that is, the so-called "land speed record")? Email it to me.
Exercise 4: What are the dimensions of a basketball court, in meters? How far is it from the 3-point line to the center of the basketball goal?
Exercise 5: Find an "applet" which relates simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion, and email its location to me.
Exercise 6: Find an internet video about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Email its location to me.
Exercise 7: Find the approximate volume of water in the world's oceans and email it to me.
Exercise 8: Find an applet which demonstrates "PV=NkT" and email
its location to me.
Problem Set #1, due Tuesday, July 6:
Ch. 1 - 22, 26, 44, 52, 56;
Ch. 2 - 6, 16, 28, 30, 48.
Problem Set #2, due Monday, July 12:
Ch. 3 - 14, 34, 64, 73;
Ch. 4 - 28, 36, 46, 58, 72, 82;
Ch. 5 - 18, 42, 59.
Problem Set #3, due Monday, July 19:
Ch. 6 - 36, 51, 63, 72, 84;
Ch. 7 - 11, 25, 37, 40;
Ch. 8 - 6.
Problem Set #4, due Monday, July 26:
Ch. 8 - 40, 58;
Ch. 9 - 40, 50, 52, 60, 62;
Ch. 10 - 2, 30, 42, 48, 66.
Problem Set #5, due Monday, August 2:
Ch. 11 - 7, 16, 41, 68, 101, 103;
Ch. 12 - 19, 48, 80, 89.
Problem Set #6, due Wednesday, August 4:
Ch. 14 - 6, 17, 25, 40, 46;
Ch. 15 - 6, 15, 27, 30, 60.
Ch. 16 - None assigned!