L11Reviewsc2020
L11Reviewsc2020
Use the mks system: always make sure your units are right (m, kg, s).
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“Soh – Cah – Toa” h h h o a
Chapters 2 & 3: Kinematics
• Displacement is the NET difference between initial and final positions.
• Average velocity is displacement divided by time interval;
instantaneous velocity is the slope of the x-t graph.
• Average acceleration is the difference in instantaneous velocities
divided by the time interval; instantaneous acceleration is the slope of
the v-t graph.
• Using the 5 values of x, v, vo, a, and t, one can select which of the
following formulae to use to solve kinematic problems; they are only
valid for CONSTANT ACCELERATION.
v vo at 2
v v 2ax 2
o
x vo v t
2
1
2
x vot at 1
2
Chapter 4: Newton’s Laws
• N1: An object will continue in its constant state of motion unless acted
upon by a net force.
• N2: The acceleration of an object experiencing a net force is directly
proportional to its inertia (mass). F ma
• N3: For every force that one object exerts on another, there is an
equal force exerted by the second object directed back on the first.
• Newton also came up with the Universal Law of Gravity.
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F G 2
r
Know how to apply: F ma
• The Normal force is the contact force perpendicular to a surface.
• Friction is the contact force parallel to a surface; it resists motion.
PE g mgh
Conservative forces conserve an object’s total energy.
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2 2
o
o t
1
2
ot t 1
2
2
x aT r
vT r
r
Chapter 9: Rotational Dynamics
F Fr sin
F
l θ
r
In equilibrium: F x 0 F y 0 0
Newton’s 2nd Law for rotation: I I mr 2
WR I 1
2
2
f
1
2 I 2
o L I
Angular momentum is conserved iff the sum of external torques is zero.
Chapters 10: SHM
1 2 amax A 2
f 2 f vmax A
T T
As object moves through equilibrium. At the endpoints
of the motion.
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Springs: PE elastic 12 kx 2
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