REGISTERING FOR MASTERING PHYSICS REGISTRATION FOR OUR CLASS IS NOW OPEN. USERS WITH ACTIVE ACCOUNTS Login at masteringphysics.com. You will then be given the opportunity to register for a new class. The class code is MPADAMS30195 Don't forget to USE YOUR ASU POSTING ID for your student ID number. If you use anything else for your student ID number, then your MP grade will never be transferred properly to my online gradebook. NEW USERS IMPORTANT: BE SURE TO USE YOUR ASU POSTING ID when asked to enter your "Student ID number". What if I don't know my ASU Posting ID? To sign up for Mastering Physics, you may either purchase Mastering Physics online at the Mastering Physics web site, or else use the 6-word Registration Code that comes with the Mastering Physics Packet packaged with a new textbook or else purchased separately from the ASU bookstore. Either way, you start by selecting "Students" at the MP website. If you are paying with a credit card, you still have to select a textbook; select Young and Freedman University Physics 13th Edition. Later in the process, you will be given the option of selecting Mastering Physics with or without an electronic text (online, MP is $66 without etext and $110 with etext). Once you are registered, then go through the logon process for the version you have purchased. At this point, the program will ask you for an identification code (AKA the Course ID) for our class. This code is MPADAMS30195 It will also ask for your student ID number. BE SURE TO USE YOUR ASU POSTING ID, in the form 1234-567. What if I don't know my ASU Posting ID? TIPS ON SUBMITTING HW ASSIGNMENTS WITH MASTERING PHYSICS These HW assignments are designed to be done ON YOUR OWN. You are of course allowed to work in study groups and to get help from myself, your TA, tutoring centers, etc.; but, if you get too much help on an assignment, then you can expect to have difficulties with the tests and quizzes. As much as possible, try to do the assignments on your own, using the provided hints and feedback. In our class, there is never any penalty for opening a hint, but once a hint is open, you are expected to answer any question that you find there. Please, never use your browser's BACK button in the middle of an Mastering Physics session. The system is designed to only move in the forward direction. The way things are set up at this time, you will have eight opportunities to answer each part of each problem. There will also be a wrong-answer penalty of 3% per wrong answer. Most constants that you might need when working on an MP assignment are within the Resources pull-down box in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Any other constants should be given in the statement of the problem or else available within tables in your selected text. Always use three significant figures in your numerical answers (unless the program gives other instructions for a particular problem). Numerical answers must be correct to within 2%. After the due date, completed items may be reworked for practice. This "rework for practice" is not saved and does not affect your grade in any way. TIPS FOR USING THE SYMBOLIC ANSWER ENTRY FORMAT: To escape from superscript or subscript mode, use the rightarrow (→) key. If you are a good typist, almost everything can be typed, instead of taking the time to use the Math Palette. For example, sqrt is square root, ^ is superscript, _ is underscore, rho is the greek letter ρ, etc. If you want to know how to type a particular symbol used in the question, just put your cursor on top of the symbol.