PHYS-2010: Dr. Luttermoser’s General Physics I Course
Problem Set 1, Summer 2005
The following problems will not be graded, but should be done for for review. Most of these
problems are from your textbook (College Physics, 6th Edition, Serway & Faughn). The
solutions are posted in the Course Reference Binder at the Circulation Desk in the Sherrod
Library. This binder can be checked out for a maximum of 2 hours at a time. Try to work
these problems out by yourself before looking at the solutions I have supplied
for you.
1. Problems 1.49, Page 20.
2. Problems 1.11, Page 18. (Hint : Worry about significant digits.)
3. Problems 1.22, Page 18. (Hint : Worry about significant digits.)
4. Problem 1.38, Page 19.
5. Problem 1.41, Page 19.
6. Problem 2.3, Page 50.
7. Problem 2.14, Page 50.
8. Problem 2.31, Page 51.
9. Problem 2.46, Page 52.
10. Problem 2.63, Page 53.
11. Problem 3.8, Page 74. Do the problem both graphically (as requested by the text) and
algebraically.
12. Problem 3.15, Page 75.
13. Problem 3.22, Page 75.
14. Problem 3.38, Page 77.
15. Problem 3.49, Page 77.
16. Problem 4.7, Page 106.
17. Problem 4.15, Page 107.
18. Problem 4.20, Page 108.
19. Problem 4.26, Page 108.
20. Problem 4.34, Page 109.
21. Problem 4.41, Page 110.