PHYS 135 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Boltzmann Distribution, Rotational Energy, Angular Velocity
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Although chapters prior to chapter 8 are not explicitly covered on the exam, there are questions that will require some level of mastery of earlier material. Display formulas you are going to use in symbolic form first, then substitute and grind. Be sure it is clear what your answer is --- underline it or circle it or draw a box around it. Know how to calculate the location of the center of mass of a multiparticle system. Know how to calculate the velocity of the center of mass of a multiparticle system. Know the distinction between and how to calculate translational and relative (to center of mass) kinetic energy. Know how to perform the point-particle and real system analysis of work and energy in multiparticle systems, like we did in analyzing the jumping up lab (lab 7) and in solving certain problems in.
