AP Physics Homework Set #1
Assigned _6/10___ Due _8/22 __
Chapter 1: Units, Trig, Vectors, Problem Solving
Summer Assignment: Must be complete and organized. If you cannot answer or solve, show your
attempt and be ready to explain your thought process. Hand in to the office (or scan and e-mail to me)
by Friday 8/22.
Read:
Sections 1.1 – 1.9 Pages 1-20
Study:
Sections 1.6 – 1.8
Review:
page 19-20
(get familiar with the format of the CONCEPT SUMMARY section)
Answer:
“Check Your Understanding” CYU 1-18 on various pages, starting on page 4
(Notes: do these by section as you read. Answers are all in back of book (bob). Make note of
your first thought and be ready to discuss.)
Answer Focus on Concepts: Pg 21 # 1, 5, 8, 11
Do Problems: Pg 22 #1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 25 (use website), 26, 34, 35,
46-47 (use website), 49
Go To: www.wiley.com/college/cutnell
explore the site, look at Concept Simulations and Interactive Solutions
AP Physics Homework Set #2
Assigned _6/10____ Due _8/22____
Summer Assignment: teach yourself, use the website. If you are really stuck, write down what you
tried for each problem. Looking for a Google answer is a path to ruin. Use the textbook.
Chapter 2: Kinematics in One Dimension
(a.k.a. straight-line motion)
Read:
(refer to the Guidelines !)
Answer:
Sections 2.1 - 2.5
CYU 1-12
scattered, do them as you read the sections
(answers are all in bob. Be ready to discuss your first thought.)
Copy into your notes: Table 2.1 page 39 Before copying the checkmarks, consider what they mean
and change the format if you wish (i.e. list the involved variables rather than checkmark)
Review:
Reasoning Strategy pg 43
Do Problems: Pg 53-57
# 1, 3, 4, 8, 18, 24, 28, 31, 34, 41