Homework Assignments for PHY-131 Spring 2006 About 90% of all Homework assignments are to be completed using Mastering Physics (MP). You may expect approximately 6 Mastering Physics HW problems per lecture. On AVERAGE, the HW assignments will be worth 50 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 10% of the HW problems will have to be written up and handed in at recitation. There is usually one problem to turn in at each of your weekly recitation meetings (there is one week before spring break with two turn-in problems). You will find the turn-in problems, along with due dates, on this web page. Lecture Day Date Topics Problems 1. W 1/18 Coulomb's Law 5 MP Problems 2. F 1/20 Electric Field 5 MP Problems;E1 3. M 1/23 Continuous Charge 5 MP Problems;P25 Distributions 4. W 1/25 Motion in an Electric Field 5 MP Problems 5. F 1/27 Dipole in an Electric Field; 4 MP Problems;H1 Volume Flux 6. M 1/30 Gauss' Law; 8 MP Problems Spherical Symmetry 7. W 2/01 Other Symmetries; Conductors 6 MP Problems 8. F 2/03 Surface Charges on Conductors 4 MP Problems;F38 9. M 2/06 Electric Potential Energy 5 MP Problems W 2/08 TEST #1 (assignments 1-8) 10. F 2/10 Electric Potential I 6 MP Problems;E2 11. M 2/13 Electric Potential II 7 MP Problems 12. W 2/15 Conductors and Potentials 5 MP Problems;W58 13. F 2/17 Capacitance; 6 MP Problems Energy of Capacitors 14. M 2/20 Combinations of Capacitors 5 MP Problems 15. W 2/22 Dielectrics 7 MP Problems 16. F 2/24 Induced Charge in Dielectrics 3 MP Problems;P66 17. M 2/27 Current and Resistance 7 MP Problems;P10 W 3/01 TEST #2 (assignments 9-16) 18. F 3/03 Electric Power; EMF 5 MP Problems;W72 19. M 3/06 Kirchhoff's Circuit Rules 6 MP Problems 20. W 3/08 Magnetic Force on a 5 MP Problems Moving Charge 21. F 3/10 Magnetic Force on 5 MP Problems Currents and Dipoles 3/13-3/17 Spring Break 22. M 3/20 The Biot-Savart Law 7 MP Problems 23. W 3/22 Ampere's Law 7 MP Problems;W68 24. F 3/24 Solenoids and Toroids 6 MP Problems;W48,F32 25. M 3/27 Faraday's Law - Qualitative; 6 MP Problems Eddy Currents W 3/29 TEST #3 (assignments 17-24) 26. F 3/31 Faraday's Law; 6 MP Problems Magnetism and Relativity 27. M 4/03 Motional EMF; E Induced 7 MP Problems 28. W 4/05 Generators; Self Inductance 7 MP Problems;P20 29. F 4/07 Mutual Inductance; 6 MP Problems Energy in the B Field 30. M 4/10 Ampere-Maxwell Law; 6 MP Problems Displacement Current 31. W 4/12 RC and LR Circuits; 5 MP Problems Exponential Decay F 4/14 TEST #4 (assignments 25-30) 32. M 4/17 Asymptotic Growth in RC and 7 MP Problems LR Circuits; Qualitative LC Circuits 33. W 4/19 LC Circuits; LRC Circuits; 6 MP Problems;G1,G2 Transformers 34. F 4/21 AC Circuits 5 MP Problems;G3,G4 35. M 4/24 Power in AC Circuits; 5 MP Problems Resonance 36. W 4/26 Properties of EM Waves 6 MP Problems 37. F 4/28 Intensity of EM Waves 2 MP Problems M 5/01 TEST #5 (assignments 31-37)
1800 HW points are possible (not counting the extra credit). 1600 HW points earned counts as 100% HW credit. Less than 600 HW points is an automatic E.