ABSTRACT
Chapter 2: [1] independent; [3] a beaker of ice water; [5] to validate a particular hypothesis and, in the process, to determine the range of validity of that hypothesis; [7] (a) parameter, (b) independent, (c) either independent or extraneous, (d), (e), and (f) dependent
Chapter 3: [1] 4.0 µF; [3] 1 V; [5] 3.47 V; [7] current = Ampere; charge = Coulomb; electric field work = Joule; electric potential = Volta; resistance = Ohm; power = Watt; inductance = Henry; capacitance = Faraday; [9] 25.6 Ω; [11] 200; [13] (a) deflection method; [15] (d) compression on the lower-side gage causes an increase in resistance; [17] 11 Ω; [19] (a) −50 W, (b) 33 W; [21] 0.1 Ω/◦R; [23] (b) < 100 Ω
Chapter 4: [1] 285 K; [3] −0.014cos(120pit) V; [5] 5.5 mV
Chapter 5: [1] radiator fluid temperature = physical variable; thermistor = sensor; Wheatstone bridge = transducer; car computer = signal processor; [3] 0.06 s; [5] 8.75 Ω; [7] 0 V
Chapter 6: [1] the larger-diameter thermocouple; [3] 25 %; [5] zero; [7] −85◦; [9] (b) 1.0 s; [11] (d) 0.1B; [13] 250; [15] (a) zero, (b) second, (c) second, (d) first, (e) first, (f) zero; [17] overdamped (R > 2
√ L/C),
critically damped (R = 2 √ L/C), underdamped (R < 2
√ L/C); [19] (a)
−6.47 × 10−5, (b) −5.74 × 10−5, (c) −4.20 × 10−5, thermistor; [21] 2; [23] 49.4
Chapter 7: [1] (c) readability; [3] metric ruler is 0.29 mm more accurate; [5] optical sensing method; [7] 6 %; [9] 6
Chapter 8: [1] 2.687; [3] (d)have ensemble average properties that are independent of time; [5] (a) deterministic and (b) ergodic; [7] 0.707; [9] 1361.4 rad/s; [11] 4.914
Chapter 9: [1] 0.0450
Chapter 10: [1] 5; [3] no; [5] (b) 1/4 Hz
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Chapter 11: [1] 0.0625; [3] 1; [5] 2.4; [7] 0.41; [9] (c) 1/3; [11] (b) the fourth central moment; [13] 0.49 with replacement, 0.47 without replacement; [15] 31 %
Chapter 12: [1] 0.9544; [3] 0.1621; [5] 0.8742; [7] 0.149; [9] 99.94 %; [11] 10.82; [13] 28.6 %; [15] (d) 95 %; [17] from 27 to 93; [19] 1 %; [21] 0.1359; [23] 0.1331 or 13.31 %; [25] both are nondimensional
Chapter 13: [1] (c) Player 3; [3] (1) matches (d); (2) matches (c); (3) matches (a); (4) matches (b); [5] 12.83 s; [7] (d) an estimate of the range of probable errors in a measurement; [9] 2 V; [11] 0.1 %; [13] 0.013 in. H2O
Chapter 14: [1] -0.50; [3] Adrien-Marie Legendre; [5] 0.98; [7] 9.1 V
Chapter 15: [1] (a) 1 slug; [3] (c) the diagonal of a unit cell of iron; [5] (d) 7; [7] 73.5 kg; [9] 291 N; [11] 12.04 × 1023; [13] 12 000 N; [15] (d) 4578; [17] (c) 7; [19] 1125 rpm; [21] (b) 6; [23] (c) 1 N; [25] A: mV2 and B: mV2/
√ m/s
Chapter 16: [1] (e) summary, findings, references
