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Key Physics Laws and Formulas Guide

This document contains summaries of various physics laws and formulas including: 1) Formulas for mass density, speed, acceleration, work, power, kinetic energy, and specific heat. 2) Laws including Boyle's Law, wave motion, illumination, focal length of mirrors/lenses, images in mirrors/lenses, and Ohm's Law. 3) Relationships involving momentum, mass-energy equivalence, power expended in appliances, and Newton's Second Law of Motion.

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Key Physics Laws and Formulas Guide

This document contains summaries of various physics laws and formulas including: 1) Formulas for mass density, speed, acceleration, work, power, kinetic energy, and specific heat. 2) Laws including Boyle's Law, wave motion, illumination, focal length of mirrors/lenses, images in mirrors/lenses, and Ohm's Law. 3) Relationships involving momentum, mass-energy equivalence, power expended in appliances, and Newton's Second Law of Motion.

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SCIENCE phy sics l aw s & formu l a s

Mass Density Torque


mass density = mass T = FR
volume
Speed (T=torque; F=force; R=radius)
average speed = distance covered Boyle’s Law when temperature constant:
elapsed time
Acceleration p1V1 = p2V2
a = ΔΔvt or vtF -- vt I (p1=original pressure; p2=new pressure;
F I
(a=average acceleration; v=velocity; V1=original volume; V2=new volume)
t=time; vF=final velocity; vI=initial velocity; Wave Motion
tF=final time; iI=initial time)
V = nl
Law of Universal Gravitation
m1m2 (V=wave velocity; n=wave frequency;
F=G l=wavelength)
d2
(F=force of attraction; m1 and m2=the Illumination on a Surface Perpendicular
masses of the two bodies; d=distance to the Luminous Flux
between the centers of m1 and m2;
E = rI2
G=gravitational consistent)
(E=illumination; I=intensity of the source;
Work Done by a Force
r=distance from source to surface perpendicular
work = (force)(distance) to the beam)
Power Focal Length of Mirrors and Lenses
work 1 = 1 + 1
power = time (see above formula for work)
f do di
Kinetic Energy (f=focal length; do=object distance;
KE = mv
2
di=image distance)
2
(KE=kinetic energy; m=mass; v=velocity) Images in Mirrors and Lenses
hi = di
Specific Heat
ho do
Q = cmΔt (h=image height; ho=object height;
(Q=quantity of heat; c=specific heat; di=image distance; do=object distance)
m=mass; Δt=change in temperature) Ohm’s Law
Electric Current - Strength I= V
R
I= Q (I=strength of the current flowing in a
t
(I=the current strength; Q=quantity of charge; conductor; V=the potential difference
t=time) applied to its ends; R=its resistance)
Momentum
momentum = (mass)(velocity)
Mass-Energy Equivalence
E = mc2
(E=the energy [measured in ergs] equivalent
to a mass m [measured in grams]; c=speed
of light [measured in centimeters per second])
Power Expended in an Electric Appliance
P = IV
(P=power in watts; I=current; V=voltage)
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
force=(mass)(acceleration)

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