Homework Assignments for PHY-131 Spring 2007
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. 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 6 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; 6 MP Problems
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 5 MP Problems
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 7 MP Problems;E2
11. M 2/13 Electric Potential II 7 MP Problems
12. W 2/15 Conductors and Potentials 6 MP Problems
13. F 2/17 Capacitance; 6 MP Problems
Energy of Capacitors
14. M 2/20 Combinations of Capacitors 6 MP Problems
15. W 2/22 Dielectrics 7 MP Problems
16. F 2/24 Induced Charge in Dielectrics 4 MP Problems
17. M 2/27 Current and Resistance 8 MP Problems
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 6 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 7 MP Problems
25. M 3/27 Faraday's Law - Qualitative; 7 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 8 MP Problems;figure
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 Exponential Decay in RC and 5 MP Problems
LR Circuits
F 4/14 TEST #4 (assignments 25-30)
32. M 4/17 Asymptotic Growth in RC and 7 MP Problems
LR Circuits; LC Qualitative
33. W 4/19 LC Circuits; LRC Circuits 6 MP Problems;G1,G2
34. F 4/21 Transformers; AC Circuits 6 MP Problems;G3,G4
35. M 4/24 Power in AC Circuits; 5 MP Problems
Resonance
36. W 4/26 Properties of EM Waves 8 MP Problems
37. F 4/28 Intensity of EM Waves 2 MP Problems
M 5/01 TEST #5 (assignments 31-37)
1900 HW points are possible (not counting the extra credit).
1700 HW points earned counts as 100% HW credit.
Less than 650 HW points is an automatic E.