INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I

PHYSICS 191/193

NEWS AND UPDATES

• August 29th -- Textbooks have arrived at the Bookstore.
• September 11th -- The Physics Help Centre will be open next week (J4 in the evenings).
• September 27th -- A tutorial for Assignment #2 will be held in N1 (or N2) at 5pm on Sunday, Sept. 29th.
• September 28th -- [HINT: Question #11] Draw a graph of x versus t. Remember that the car and truck will have the SAME values of the "x" coordinate when they meet.
• October 1st -- The due date for Assignment #2 has been postponed until Friday, October 4th!
• October 4th -- A tutorial for Assignment #3 will be held in N2 at 5pm on Sunday, Oct. 6th.
• October 16th -- Don't forget that the answers to Assignments #1, 2, and 3 are NOW available from the front desk of the Library (on reserve).
• October 16th -- A tutorial for Assignment #4 will be held in N2 at 5:30pm - 7pm on Thursday, Oct. 17th (feel free to drop in any time).
• October 17th -- An extensive set of practice exercises for the Midterm test can be found here. These are the questions that will be reviewed by Prof. Turcotte in an upcoming lab tutorial session.
• October 18th -- Late submissions for Assignment #4 will still be accepted (without penalty). Please submit them to J1 as soon as you can!
• October 22nd -- A tutorial for Assignment #5 will be held in N2 at 5:30pm - 7pm on Thursday, Oct. 24th (feel free to drop in any time).
• October 23rd -- A tutorial session for the MidTerm Test will be held in Nicolls 2 (N2) on Sunday October 27th at 3:00pm. The questions to be discussed can be found here .
• October 23rd -- I will supply the calculators for all of the tests. They are extremely simple ones; if you have problems with the calculators during the test, just ask me to help you.
• October 23rd -- The calculators that will be used are located in J117A (Jean Porter or Nancy Robichaud is the Secretary there). You can ask her to allow you to try one out.
• October 29th -- Problem #33 has been REMOVED from Assignment #5 (you only need to do 4 questions and #38 is a BONUS question).
• October 29th -- Answers for the MidTerm practice test are:
  1. a) -1; b) 180 degrees; c) 0-hat; d) (5 i-hat +5 j-hat +5 k-hat)
  2. 10.2 m/s
  3. a) 328 m; b) 80 m/s; c) 11.7 s
  4. 168 m/s; -286 degrees
  5. 96 m
  6. (b) -15 m/s
  7. (e) V
  8. (a) 3.97 N
  9. (b) W
  10. (d)
  11. (e) 0.95
  12. 8.6 m
• November 4th -- The due date for Assignment #6 has been POSTPONED until Friday, November 8th!
• November 6th -- A tutorial for Assignment #6 will be held in N2 at 5:30 pm on Thursday, Nov. 7th.
• November 12th -- The MidTerm tests will be returned in Wednesday's class (Nov. 13th).
• November 13th -- A tutorial for Assignment #7 will be held in N2 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm on Sunday, Nov. 17th (feel free to drop in any time).
• November 15th -- A tutorial to review the answers for the MidTerm Test will be held in J120 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm on Monday, Nov. 18th (feel free to drop in at any time).
• November 21st -- A tutorial session for Assignment #8 will be held in Nicolls 2 (N2) on Sunday November 24th at 2:30pm.
• November 22nd -- Please NOTE that the due date and one of the questions for Assignment #8 has CHANGED.
• November 23rd -- Review questions from the final sections of the course can be found here. We will have a tutorial for this and the entire course on Saturday afternoon of December 7th (time to be announced).
• November 23rd -- I will hold a COURSE REVIEW session on Wednesday November 27th in BWH (our classroom) starting at 10am for those of you who are interested.
• November 27th -- I have ADDED an extra (challenging) question on centripetal motion to the review questions from the final sections of the course that can be found HERE.
• November 27th -- We will have a tutorial for these questions on Saturday afternoon, December 7th at 2pm in N1.
• December 4th -- Assignment #7 has been marked and is in two envelopes (PHY191 and PHY193) on the door of Johnson 2 (my office). The solutions are on reserve in the Library.
• December 5th -- Assignment #8 has been marked and is in two envelopes (PHY191 and PHY193) on the door of Johnson 2. The solutions are on reserve in the Library.
• December 7th -- Answers for the final Practice Test are:
  1. (a)
  2. (a)
  3. (a)
  4. (d)
  5. (a)
  6. (b), (c), (d)
  7. (d)
  8. (d)
  9. 8.6 m
  10. (a)
  11. P = F-vector DOT Delta_r-vector (scalar product of force and displacement vectors)
  12. a) Use Energy Conservation. b) Contact is lost when F_normal=0. Use an FBD together with centripetal acceleration. The point of no contact corresponds to cos(theta)=2/3.
• December 7th -- I will be in the office tonight for help (J2). Or email me, or phone me (ext:2372).
• December 9th -- Section III (Multiple Choice) of the Final Exam has now been marked and the marks entered. Sections I and II will be marked by next week.
• December 14th -- Sections I and II of the Final Exam have been marked and the course marks have been submitted to MyBU soon after I have checked the marking on the exam.
• December 15th -- The course marks have been calculated and will be submitted to MyBU tomorrow. Have a very enjoyable Holiday!