Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1This popular book incorporates modern approaches to physics. It not only tells readers how physics works, it shows them. Applications have been enhanced to form a bridge between concepts and reasoning. |
Contents
Significant Figures and Decimal Places | 4 |
MOTION ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE | 11 |
Do You Understand the Problem? | 14 |
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Fundamentals of Physics, , Chapters 1-12 David Halliday,Robert Resnick,Jearl Walker Snippet view - 1996 |
Fundamentals of Physics, , Chapters 1-12 David Halliday,Robert Resnick,Jearl Walker Snippet view - 1997 |
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acceleration amplitude angle angular momentum angular speed Answer applied atom average axes axis ball block body Calculate center of mass CHECKPOINT coefficient collision component conservation constant speed cord crate curve decrease density direction displacement displacement vector distance Earth equation Fext FIGURE floor force acting force F free-body diagram frequency frictional force frictionless given graph gravitational potential energy heat horizontal inelastic collision initial speed K₁ kinetic energy kinetic friction km/h length linear momentum m/s² m₁ m₂ magnitude maximum mechanical energy mi/h molecules motion negative Newton's second law normal force object orbit oscillation particle moves path pendulum plane position pressure radius rest rocket rotational inertia Sample Problem scalar shown in Fig shows simple harmonic motion slide SOLUTION static friction surface temperature tension tion torque transferred traveling upward vector velocity vertical wavelength weight wheel zero