Essential Trig-based Physics Study Guide Workbook: The Laws of Motion (Learn Physics Step-By-Step) Essential Trig-based Physics Study Guide Workbook: The Laws of Motion (Learn Physics Step-By-Step) Paperback Kindle
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Essentials of Trig-based Physics
Chris McMullen, Ph.D.
Learn physics from a university instructor with over 20 years of experience teaching calculus-based (and trig-based) physics in California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
How does this book help you learn physics?
Clear explanations; communication is vital toward learning physics.
Emphasis on understanding the connection between the math and concepts.
Instructive problems, often broken down into parts.
Explaining key steps in the math.
Review important techniques from algebra and trigonometry.
Hints at the back (in addition to an answer key) help walk you through the solution. The hints address common questions.
Designed to help students.
Each chapter concisely reviews key information.
Relevant formulas are provided and explained.
Handy charts help you quickly understand the symbols and determine the units.
Step-by-step examples serve as a handy guide.
Stuck on a solution? Check the hints section at the back of the book.
The answer to each problem is given at the bottom of the page for easy access.
Topics covered in Volume 1:
Uniform one-dimensional acceleration
Motion graphs (position, velocity, acceleration)
Vector addition and projectile motion
Newton's laws (including springs)
Uniform circular motion
Gravity and satellites
Work, power, energy, center of mass, collisions
Rotation, uniform angular acceleration, torque, moment of inertia, angular momentum
A sample of the kinds of problems include:
Atwood's machine
the top of a roller coaster loop
inclined plane problems
the ballistic pendulum
satellite in a circular orbit
conservation of energy, momentum, and angular momentum
car driving in a circle with constant speed
racecar on a banked curve
1D and 2D collisions
static equilibrium
Prerequisites
The student should have learned standard algebra skills, like how to combine like terms, isolate the unknown, solve two equations via substitution, cross multiply, and use the quadratic formula.
Chapter 1 reviews essential algebra skills.
The student should have learned basic trigonometry skills, including sine, cosine, tangent, trig functions in Quadrants II-IV, and inverse trig functions.
Trig-based physics, Volume 1 (motion). It's basically the calculus-based physics book without any of the calculus.
Over 100 fully solved examples of trig-based physics problems. These are actually the solutions to the problems from Essential Trig-based Physics Study Guide Workbook.
Physics with calculus, Volume 1 (motion), covered in detail (motion, Newton's laws, circular motion, work/energy, satellites, center of mass, collisions, rotation).
Over 100 fully solved examples of calculus-based physics problems. These are actually the solutions to the problems from Essential Calculus-based Physics Study Guide Workbook.
Trig-based physics, Volume 2 (electricity and magnetism), covered in detail.
Trig-based physics, Volume 3 (waves, fluids, sound, heat, and light), covered in detail.