Motion in Two Dimensions - Prereading, initial short homework, and Unit Overview

To help you get ready for our next unit read these three pages from the physics tutorial website or read chapter 4 from the textbook.  Then answer the three on line homework questions on UT Quest website (due Wed. night)

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L1a.cfm
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L1b.cfm
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L1c.cfm


Here are the goals and deadlines for the unit in general.


Unit Goals:
1. Know that perpendicular vectors are independent
2. Add vectors graphically with parallelogram and head to tail methods.
3. Use trig and Pythagorean theorem to find resultant.
4. Break vectors into perpendicular components graphically and with trig.
5. Solve motion problems in 2D.

Test - Wed Oct. 7 and Thurs Oct. 9

Homework due 10:00 pm 9/22 (Tuesday), 9/30 (Wednesday) and 10/6 (Tuesday)

Covers Sections 4.1, 4,2 and 7,2  or  continue reading from the links on the physics tutorial website http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/