Homework Assignments for PHY-131 Fall 2010

          About 95% of all Homework assignments are to be completed
        using Mastering Physics (MP).  You may expect approximately
        9 Mastering Physics HW problems per lecture.  On AVERAGE,
        the HW assignments will be worth 75 points each.  The 
        MP problems can only be found at masteringphysics.com.  The 
        due dates for all Mastering Physics assignments will be 
        posted on your Mastering Physics assignment list.

          Approximately 5% of the HW problems will have to be
        written up and handed in at recitation.  There is about 
        one problem to turn in every two weeks, on average.  
        Problems are always due at the beginning of the relevant 
        recitation meeting.  You will find the turn-in problems, 
        along with due dates, on this web page.
            
 Lecture Day  Date     Topics                               Problems
   1.    M    8/23     Coulomb's Law; The Electric Field    9 MP problems
   2.    W    8/25     Continuous Charge Distributions      7 MP problems;P25
   3.    M    8/30     Dipoles in an External E Field      10 MP problems
   4.    W    9/01     Gauss' Law                           9 MP problems
         M    9/06     LABOR DAY MONDAY
   5.    W    9/08     Conductors                           9 MP problems
   6.    M    9/13     Electric Potential Energy            5 MP problems
         W    9/15    TEST #1 - lectures 1-5
   7.    M    9/20     Electric Potential                   9 MP problems;E2
   8.    W    9/22     Conductors and Potentials           11 MP problems
   9.    M    9/27     Capacitance                         10 MP problems
  10.    W    9/29     Dielectrics                         10 MP problems
  11.    M   10/04     Induced Charges; Current             9 MP problems
  12.    W   10/06     Resistance; Power; EMF               9 MP problems
  13.    M   10/11     Kirchhoff's Rules; Magnetism        10 MP problems
         W   10/13    TEST #2 - lectures 6-12
  14.    M   10/18     Magnetic Forces                     10 MP problems
  15.    W   10/20     Biot-Savart Law                      9 MP problems
  16.    M   10/25     Ampere's Law                         8 MP problems;W68
  17.    W   10/27     Solenoids and Toroids                7 MP problems
  18.    M   11/01     Faraday's Law                       14 MP problems
  19.    W   11/03     Generators; Induced E Fields        11 MP problems
  20.    M   11/08     Inductance                           8 MP problems;H12
         W   11/10    TEST #3 - lectures 13-19
  21.    M   11/15     Ampere-Maxwell Law                  11 MP problems
  22.    W   11/17     RC Circuits; LR Circuits             9 MP problems
  23.    M   11/22     AC Circuits                          8 MP problems
  24.    W   11/24     Power and Resonance in AC Circuits  12 MP problems
  25.    M   11/29     Properties of EM Waves               5 MP problems
  26.    W   12/01     Intensity and Polarization           6 MP problems

    2100 HW points are possible  (not counting the extra credit).

       1890 HW points earned counts as 100% HW credit.

          Less than 715 HW points is an automatic E.