CHAPTER 1. THE BOTTOM LINE FOR SOLVING PHYSICS PROBLEMS . CHAPTER 2. LINEAR VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION . 2.1 Linear Motion Equations. 2.2 The Idea Behind How to Use Motion Equations. 2.3 Constant/Average Speed or Velocity Problems. 2.4 Constant/Average Speed or Velocity-Two Intervals, Same Direction. 2.5 Constant/Average Speed or Velocity-Two Intervals, Direction Change. 2.6 Constant/Average Speed or Velocity-Two Objects. 2.7 How to Set Up Constant/Average Speed or Velocity Problems. 2.8 Constant/Average Acceleration Problems. 2.9 Constant/Average Acceleration-One Interval. 2.10 Constant/Average Acceleration-Multiple Intervals. 2.11 Constant/Average Acceleration-Free-Fall. 2.12 Constant/Average Acceleration-Two Objects. 2.13 How to Set Up Constant/Average Acceleration Problems. CHAPTER 3. VECTORS. 3.1 Magnitude and Direction, and x- and y-Components. 3.2 Vectors along One Axis. 3.3 Vector Addition. 3.4 How to Set Up Vector Problems. 3.5 Back Where You Started-When Vectors Add to Zero. 3.6 Subtracting Vectors, OR, When One of the Added Vectors Is Unknown. CHAPTER 4. PROJECTILE MOTION. 4.1 Projectile Motion: Combining Three Basic Concepts. 4.2 When Initial Velocity Is Horizontal. 4.3 How to Set Up Projectile Motion Problems. 4.4 When Final Velocity Is Horizontal (at Maximum Height). 4.5 When Initial and Final Heights Are Equal. 4.6 When Both Initial and Final Velocities Are at Angles. CHAPTER 5. FORCE AND NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION. 5.1 How to Draw a Free-Body Diagram (FBD). 5.2 Forces in 1D. 5.3 How to Set Up Force Problems. 5.4 Motion Intervals in Force Problems. 5.5 Objects Connected by Strings, Ropes, and so on. 5.6 Forces in 2D. 5.7 Sliding-Kinetic Friction. 5.8 Just about to Slip-Maximum Static Friction. 5.9 Inclines or Ramps. 5.10 Objects Pushing on Each Other. CHAPTER 6. CIRCULAR MOTION AND CENTRIPETAL FORCE. 6.1 Tangential Speed

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