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Learning Goal: To understand how to determine the appropriate formula for a give
Learning Goal: To understand how to determine the appropriate formula for a given gas law problem. When you are unsure of which formula to use to solve a gas law problem, it is of…
Learning Goal: To understand how to determine the appropriate formula for a give
Learning Goal: To understand how to determine the appropriate formula for a given gas law problem. When you are unsure of which formula to use to solve a gas law problem, it is of…
Learning Goal: To understand how to find the wavelength and diffraction patterns
Learning Goal: To understand how to find the wavelength and diffraction patterns of electrons. An electron beam is incident on a single slit of width a. The electron beam was gene…
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concen
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concentration. A car starts at mile marker 145 on a highway and drives at 55 mi/hr in the direction of de…
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concen
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concentration. A car starts at mile marker 145 on a highway and drives at 55 mi/hr in the direction of de…
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concen
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concentration. A car starts at mile marker 145 on a highway and drives at 55 mi/hr in the direction of de…
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concen
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concentration. A car starts at mile marker 145 on a highway and drives at 55 mi/hr in the direction of de…
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concen
Learning Goal: To understand how to use integrated rate laws to solve for concentration. A car starts at mile marker 145 on a highway and drives at 55 mi/hr in the direction of de…
Learning Goal: To understand how to use unit conversion to solve problems. Unit
Learning Goal: To understand how to use unit conversion to solve problems. Unit conversion is not limited to physics problems but is part of our everyday life, correct use of conv…
Learning Goal: To understand kinetic and static friction. A block of mass M lies
Learning Goal: To understand kinetic and static friction. A block of mass M lies on a horizontal table. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the table is us. T…
Learning Goal: To understand kinetic and static friction. A block of mass m lies
Learning Goal: To understand kinetic and static friction. A block of mass m lies on a horizontal table. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the table is mu_s.…
Learning Goal: To understand length contraction and time dilation. An inertial f
Learning Goal: To understand length contraction and time dilation. An inertial frame of reference is one in which Newton's laws hold. Any frame of reference that moves at a consta…
Learning Goal: To understand multislit interference and how it leads to the desi
Learning Goal: To understand multislit interference and how it leads to the design of diffraction gratings. Diffraction gratings are used in modern spectrometers to separate the w…
Learning Goal: To understand polarization of light and how to use Malus\'s law t
Learning Goal: To understand polarization of light and how to use Malus's law to calculate the intensity of a beam of light the orientation of the transmission axis of the polariz…
Learning Goal: To understand projectile motion by considering horizontal constan
Learning Goal: To understand projectile motion by considering horizontal constant velocity motion and vertical constant acceleration motion independently. Projectile motion refers…
Learning Goal: To understand standing waves including calculation of lambda and
Learning Goal: To understand standing waves including calculation of lambda and f, and to learn the physical meaning behind some musical terms. The columns in the figure (Figure 1…
Learning Goal: To understand standing waves including calculation of lambda and
Learning Goal: To understand standing waves including calculation of lambda and f, and to learn the physical meaning behind some musical terms. The columns in the figure (Figure 1…
Learning Goal: To understand that a heat engine run backward is a heat pump that
Learning Goal: To understand that a heat engine run backward is a heat pump that can be used as a refrigerator. By now you should be familiar with heat engines--devices, theoretic…
Learning Goal: To understand the Bohrmodel of the hydrogen atom. Learning Goal:
Learning Goal: To understand the Bohrmodel of the hydrogen atom. Learning Goal: To understand the Bohrmodel of the hydrogen atom. In 1913 Niels Bohr formulated a method of calcula…
Learning Goal: To understand the assumptions made by the standard two-source int
Learning Goal: To understand the assumptions made by the standard two-source interference equations and to be able to use them in a standard problem. For solving two-source interf…
Learning Goal: To understand the basic concepts of projectile motion. Projectile
Learning Goal: To understand the basic concepts of projectile motion. Projectile motion may seem rather complex at first. However, by breaking it down into components, you will fi…
Learning Goal: To understand the behavior of the electric field at the surface o
Learning Goal: To understand the behavior of the electric field at the surface of a conductor, and its relationship to surface charge on the conductor. A conductor is placed in an…
Learning Goal: To understand the behavior of the electric field at the surface o
Learning Goal: To understand the behavior of the electric field at the surface of a conductor, and its relationship to surface charge on the conductor. A conductor is placed in an…
Learning Goal: To understand the components and processes of a galvanic cell. A
Learning Goal: To understand the components and processes of a galvanic cell. A galvanic cell (or voltaic cell) produces electricity using a spontaneous redox reaction, such as th…
Learning Goal: To understand the concept of isomers and be able to answer questi
Learning Goal: To understand the concept of isomers and be able to answer questions relating to molecular formulas, structures, and condensed structures of isomers. Molecules that…
Learning Goal: To understand the concept of moment of a force and how to calcula
Learning Goal: To understand the concept of moment of a force and how to calculate it using a scalar formulation. The magnitude of the moment of a force with a magnitude F around …
Learning Goal: To understand the concepts underlying the operation of transforme
Learning Goal: To understand the concepts underlying the operation of transformers. One of the advantages of alternating current (ac) over direct current (dc) is the ease with whi…
Learning Goal: To understand the continuity equation. Streamlines represent the
Learning Goal: To understand the continuity equation. Streamlines represent the path of the flow of a fluid. You can imagine that they represent a time-exposure photograph that sh…
Learning Goal: To understand the daily motions of the Sun and stars as viewed fr
Learning Goal: To understand the daily motions of the Sun and stars as viewed from different locations on Earth. Part A Reset Help At high latitudes, Sun never rises on December s…
Learning Goal: To understand the definition and the meaning of moment of inertia
Learning Goal: To understand the definition and the meaning of moment of inertia; to be able to calculate the moments of inertia for a group of particles; to relate moment of iner…
Learning Goal: To understand the definition and the meaning of moment of inertia
Learning Goal: To understand the definition and the meaning of moment of inertia; to be able to calculate the moments of inertia for a group of particles and for a continuous mass…
Learning Goal: To understand the distinction between mass and weight and to be a
Learning Goal: To understand the distinction between mass and weight and to be able to calculate the weight of an object from its mass and Newton's law of gravitation. The concept…
Learning Goal: To understand the experiment that led to the discovery of the pho
Learning Goal: To understand the experiment that led to the discovery of the photoelectric effect. In 1887, Heinrich Hertz investigated the phenomenon of light striking a metal su…
Learning Goal: To understand the first law of thermodynamics and its origin. By
Learning Goal: To understand the first law of thermodynamics and its origin. By relating heat, internal energy, and work, the first law lays the groundwork for thermodynamics, a f…
Learning Goal: To understand the force on a charge moving in a magnetic field. M
Learning Goal: To understand the force on a charge moving in a magnetic field. Magnets exert forces on other magnets even though they are separated by some distance. Usually the f…
Learning Goal: To understand the information contained in a shear stress-strain
Learning Goal: To understand the information contained in a shear stress-strain diagram, use the shear equivalent of Hooke's law, and use the relationship between the modulus of e…
Learning Goal: To understand the mathematics of current decay in an L-R circuit
Learning Goal: To understand the mathematics of current decay in an L-R circuit Learning Goal: To understand the mathematics of current decay in an L-R circuit A DC voltage source…
Learning Goal: To understand the meaning and the basic applications of pV diagra
Learning Goal: To understand the meaning and the basic applications of pV diagrams for an ideal gas. As you know, the parameters of an ideal gas are described by the equation pV=n…
Learning Goal: To understand the meaning and the basic applications of pV diagra
Learning Goal: To understand the meaning and the basic applications of pV diagrams for an ideal gas. As you know, the parameters of an ideal gas are described by the equation One …
Learning Goal: To understand the meaning and the basic applications of pV diagra
Learning Goal: To understand the meaning and the basic applications of pV diagrams for an ideal gas. As you know, the parameters of an ideal gas are described by the equation One …
Learning Goal: To understand the nature of electric fields and how to draw field
Learning Goal: To understand the nature of electric fields and how to draw field lines. Electric field lines are a tool used to visualize electric fields. A field line is drawn be…
Learning Goal: To understand the nature of electric fields and how to draw field
Learning Goal: To understand the nature of electric fields and how to draw field lines. Electric field lines are a tool used to visualize electric fields. A field line is drawn be…
Learning Goal: To understand the origin of the torque on a current loop due to t
Learning Goal: To understand the origin of the torque on a current loop due to the magnetic forces on the current-carrying wires. Part A This problem will show you how to calculat…
Learning Goal: To understand the origins of both of Kirchhoff\'s rules and how t
Learning Goal: To understand the origins of both of Kirchhoff's rules and how to use them to solve a circuit problem. This problem introduces Kirchhoff's two rules for circuits: K…
Learning Goal: To understand the origins of both of Kirchhoff\'s rules and how t
Learning Goal: To understand the origins of both of Kirchhoff's rules and how to use them to solve a circuit problem. This problem introduces Kirchhoff's two rules for circuits: K…
Learning Goal: To understand the origins of both of Kirchhoff\'s rules and how t
Learning Goal: To understand the origins of both of Kirchhoff's rules and how to use them to solve a circuit problem. This problem introduces Kirchhoff's two rules for circuits: K…
Learning Goal: To understand the quantitative relationships related to ideal (Ca
Learning Goal: To understand the quantitative relationships related to ideal (Carnot) engines and the limitations of such devices imposed by the second law of thermodynamics. In 1…
Learning Goal: To understand the relation between the strength of an acid or a b
Learning Goal: To understand the relation between the strength of an acid or a base and its pKa and pKb values. The degree to which a weak acid dissociates in solution is given by…
Learning Goal: To understand the relation between the strength of an acid or a b
Learning Goal: To understand the relation between the strength of an acid or a base and its p K a and p Kb values. The degree to which a weak acid dissociates in solution is given…
Learning Goal: To understand the relation between the strength of an acid or a b
Learning Goal: To understand the relation between the strength of an acid or a base and its pKa and pKb values. The degree to which a weak acid dissociates in solution is given by…