Assignment 1: Physics and Measurement

The period for working these problems for credit expired at 07:00 AM, 11/19/2009

Problem 1: Use dimensional analysis to determine the units of the Universal Gravitation Constant.

Problem 2: What is the density of water?

Problem 3: How many seconds are there in a year?

Problem 4: If you are traveling at 55 miles/hour, how many meters per second are you going?

Problem 5: Determine the significant figures for a variety of numbers.

Problem 6: An introductory Physlet problem: measuring time.

Problem 7: An introductory Physlet problem: measure the distance traveled in a given time interval.

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