Worked Examples for PHY 121 (Venables)

• Examples relating to Chapter 1
  • The sunset problem - this is essentially the same problem as the Ships problem on Exam #1

  • The germanium problem

• Examples relating to Chapter 2
  • The airport problem

  • The TV tube problem

  • The Week's Computer Problem #2-64

• Examples relating to Chapter 3
  • The basketball problem - this is a standard trajectory problem, like the Stone problem on Exam #1, but the solution is different because ...

  • The neutron tennis problem

• Exam #1 - the worked examples can be obtained from the Noble Library Copy Center.

• Examples relating to Chapters 4 and 5
  • Measuring g using Atwood's Machine

  • The Nascar friction problem

  • The Pulling g's problem

• Examples relating to Chapters 6 and 7
  • The CRT Deflector problem

  • The Spiraling Electron problem

  • The Mass Spectrometer problem

• Exam #2 - the worked examples can be obtained from the Noble Library Copy Center.

• Examples relating to Chapters 8 and 9
  • Computer Assignment #8-65: the Bungee Jump problem

  • The Newton's Cradle problem

  • The 8-ball problem

• Examples relating to Chapter 10
  • The Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction

• Exam #3 - the worked examples are now on the H-wing 5th floor noticeboard. Copies can be obtained from the Noble Library Copy Center.

• Computer Problems set for Chapters 11 and 12 will be posted on the web if the answers are of sufficient interest, but the last date for completion of any of the above problems is May 2. The hammer throwing problem was attempted by both Jason Hope and William Ratcliff, and William has put his solution on his web page.