Conceptual Physics Equation Sheet 2e623g

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Conceptual Physics Equation Sheet NEWTONIAN MECHANICS

v2  v1  at x2  x1  v1t  12 at2 v  v  2a(x 2  x1 ) 2 2

v sin2 R g 2 1

F  ma Pr 

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2 1

F A

p  mv

A  area a c  centripeta l accelerati on d  distance E  energy

FG  gravitational force G  Universal gravitational constant

g  accelerati on due to gravity h  height

J Ft

KE  kinetic energy

J  p

m  mass P  power

mav1a  mbv1b  (ma  mb )v2

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W P t

PE  mgh KE  12 mv2

TMEPEKE W  E v2 ac  r

Fc  mac FG 

Gm1m2 d2

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PE  potential energy Pr  pressure r  radius R  range

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t  time

energy v  velocity v1  initial velocity v 2  final velocity

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W  work x1  initial position x 2  final position

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 = angle   delta means " change in"

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d  distance d i  image distance d o  object distance f  frequency or focal length f o  frequency observed g  acceleration due to gravity hi  image height ho  object height L  length of pendulum

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M  magnification

v  332  .6T

n  index of refraction

 v  f o  f s   v v s 

T  period or temperature

beat frequency  f1  f 2

v s  speed of source

R  radius of curvature t  time v  speed of wave

 1  angle of incidence

d c t

 2  angle of refraction  c  critical angle

c v

 n1 sin1  n2 sin2

sin c 

n2 n1

1 1 1   di do f M

hi d  i ho do

f 

R 2

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c  speed of light

f s  frequency of source

v

f 

n

TME  total mechanical 

g L

1 f  T

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L g

1 f

T

J  impulse

W  Fd

1 f  2

Fc  centripeta l force

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F  force

mav1a  mbv1b  mav2a  mav2b p  momentum

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T  2

a  accelerati on

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WAVES AND OPTICS

Conceptual Physics Equation Sheet GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

F

kq1q2 d2

E  electric field

A  bh

b  base

P  power

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q  point charge

 R p  parallel resistance equivilant R s  series resistance equivilant V  voltage or potential difference

P  IV

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Coulomb’s law constant: Electron charge magnitude:

V  volume

C  2r

w  width

  angle

V  lwh Cylinder V  r 2 l

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S  2rl  2r 2 V  43 r 3

Right Triangle

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Speed of light in a vacuum:

S  surface area

A  r 2

S  4 r 2

1 1 1    ... Rp R1 R2

Universal gravitational Constant:

r  radius

Sphere

Rs  R1  R2  ...

Acceleration due to gravity at Earth’s surface:

l  length

Parallelpiped

R  resistance

V R

h  height

A  12 bh Circle

PEE  electrical potential energy Q  charge

C  circumference

Triangle

k  Coulomb' s law constant

PE E q

Q C V

A  area

I  current

kq q PEE  1 2 d

I

Rectangle

F  force

F E q V

C  capacitance

g = 9.8 m/s2 G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2

a 2  b2  c 2 a c b cos = c a tan = b sin =

c = 3.00 x 108 m/s k = 9.0 x 109 Nm2/C2

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e = 1.60 x 10-19 C

1 meter = 39.37 inches = 3.28 feet = 1.094 yards 1 kilometer = 0.62 miles 1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds (on Earth)=9.8 Newtons (on Earth) 1 hour = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds 1 Earth year = 52.18 weeks = 365.25 days = 31557600 seconds 1 m/s = 3.6 km/h = 2.24 miles per hour

Factor 109 106 103 10-2 10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12

c

a

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90 b PREFIXES Prefix giga mega kilo centi milli micro nano pico

Symbol G M k c m µ n p