Physics 211
- Spring 2008 -
Discussion Section Problems
Solutions will be posted at the end of each week.
Week 1
:
Catching a Train
solution (complete)
Bonnie & Clyde
solution (complete)
Falling Brick
solution (strategy)
Skydivers
solution (strategy)
Week 1 Formula Sheet
Week 2
:
Heading North
solution (complete)
Which way is Up
solution (complete)
Escape from the Burning Building
solution (strategy)
2001
solution (strategy)
Week 2 Formula Sheet
Week 3
:
Exit Ramp
solution (strategy)
Hanging Sculpture
solution (strategy)
Emergency Stop
solution (strategy)
Carnival Ride
solution (complete)
Week 3 Formula Sheet
Week 4
:
Noise-Maker
solution (strategy)
Friction Intro
solution (strategy)
Three Blocks
solution (complete)
Determine Friction by Time
solution (strategy)
Week 4 Formula Sheet
Week 5
:
Determine Angle by Friction
solution (strategy)
Blocks with Friction
solution (strategy)
Coin and Turntable
solution (complete)
Banked Curve
solution (strategy)
Week 5 Formula Sheet
Week 6
:
Loop the Loop
solution (strategy)
Block on Incline
solution (complete)
Bungee Jumping
solution (strategy)
Block on Ramp
solution (strategy)
Week 6 Formula Sheet
Week 7
:
Sliding Block
solution (complete)
Roller Coaster
solution (strategy)
Pot-hole
solution (strategy)
Colliding Stars
solution (strategy)
Week 7 Formula Sheet
Week 8
:
Shuttle Emergency
solution (complete)
Run the Plank
solution (strategy)
Auto Collision
solution (strategy)
Along comes a spider
solution (strategy)
Week 8 Formula Sheet
Week 9
:
Skate-Board
solution (strategy)
Romeo and Juliet
solution (complete)
Lone Ranger
solution (strategy)
Gun Cushion
solution (strategy)
Gone Fission
solution (strategy)
Elastic Blocks
solution (strategy)
Week 9 Formula Sheet
Week 10
:
Bowling Balls
solution (strategy)
Blocks & Pulley
solution (complete)
Space Station
solution (strategy)
Rotating Tip
solution (strategy
)
Week 10 Formula Sheet
Week 11
:
Falling Yo Yo
solution (strategy)
Leaning Pencil
solution (complete)
Weight on Stick
solution (strategy)
Cylinder on a Ramp
solution (strategy)
Knocking over a Post
(Difficult)
solution (strategy)
Week 11 Formula Sheet
Week 12
:
Walking the Plank
solution (strategy)
Atwood Revisited
solution (complete)
Spinning Disks
solution (strategy)
Speeding Bullet
solution (strategy)
Dumbbell Collision
solution (strategy)
Rotating Astronauts
solution (strategy)
Week 12 Formula Sheet
Week 13
:
Plate, Block & Spring
solution (strategy)
Pendulum Hoop
solution (strategy)
Equation of Motion
solution (strategy)
Block, Clay & Spring
solution (complete)
Bird Feeder
solution (strategy)
Week 13 Formula Sheet
Week 14
:
Pulse on a String
solution (strategy)
Piano Wire
solution (complete)
Traveling Wave
solution (strategy)
Power train
solution (strategy)
Building a Guitar
solution (strategy)
Ice Cube
solution (strategy)
Week 14 Formula Sheet