Homework #3

Due by 5 pm Wednesday September 16th.

Problems mostly from the book. Again, the first four should not depend on anything really new.

  1. 2-22) A meaty little problem. Note the slightly bizarre nature of the result illustrated in part d. There are fields only in the y and z directions but the particle travels with, on average, a constant speed in the x direction! The constant force from the E field ends up producing a velocity not an acceleration. This can happen once rotation gets involved.
    Worth 2 problems.
  2. 2-33) A chance to try a numerical solution.
  3. 2-44) Another equilibrum problem.
  4. 3-1) Truly trivial drill but it sets the stage for
  5. 3-2) which will make you extract the equations from the results.
  6. 3-7) Bathtub toy physics--a classic kind of problem where you have to show that something produces SHM.
  7. 3-18) The question tells you what approximations to make, and this one is all about making approximations.
  8. 3-24) This time I recommend using Maple to do the numeric work.
  9. 3-45) A question focussing on extracting the equation parameters from the data.

Physics 350