Physics 53 Review Guide
by
Robert G. Brown
Duke University Physics Department
Durham, NC 27708-0305
Copyright Robert G. Brown, 2024
Abstract
This is a review guide for physics 53 (or Introductory Physics with
Calculus, first semester) students, primarily providing shared access to
all the problems I've ever put into quizzes, hour exams, and
final exams. In the fullness of time this list MAY be comprehensive and
organized, but at the moment it is pretty much a union of the works,
neither sorted nor unique.
Still, it should be fairly useful to students seeking good problems
to study. A student who can work ALL of these problems, perfectly, in
time for their exams would be very unlikely to get worse that a B of
some sort in almost any intro physics class. Well, unless the student
in question hadn't done their homework -- in addition to working
out these problems. So be sure that you do all of your homework
and not just the review guide problems; they should not be viewed as a
replacement for your regular homework but rather as self-guided
augmented study.
One last note. I am often asked if I have answers to these problems.
The answer is no. I don't "have" them written down somewhere, I
can answer all of these problems in at most a minute or two of
work. The point isn't the answer, it is the process whereby the answer
is obtained. Work the problems with a group of friends, with a mentor
who understands physics, with a tutor. It is the doing that
matters.
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