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PHY2054 - Physics 2 :: Summer 2008

Lectures: NPB1001 Meeting Times: T, R Period 4
Textbook: College Physics by Serway and Faughn, 7th Edition

Instructor:
Prof. F. Eugene Dunnam, PhD      Email: dunnam@phys.ufl.edu
2364 NPB
Ph. 392-1444 Office Hours: Tues/Thurs  9:30 - 10:30 am

WebAssign Homework


About WebAssign: 
This on-line, interactive homework activity has been used in many of the UF Physics Department's introductory courses for several terms.  It has worked well for most students; it will work well for you if you get it done on time!
Remember, you have to push pencil to learn physics; WebAssign helps you do this.


I don't know many people who enjoy doing homework! 
HOWEVER:  it's probably your single-most productive study activity.......but only IF you work at it.   These WebAssignments encourage you to work out selected problems interactively online and they can boost your total score by as much as 15 points.

The WebAssign homework questions are closely based on questions selected from those at the end of each chapter.  However, each of you gets a "personalized"  version: the parameters vary so that each of you works with different numbers. 

If you like working together, feel free to discuss the problems and how to solve them with each other, but each of you must then work out your own assignment and enter your own answers [see above].  It's critically important for you to figure out  how an answer was obtained, because that's the key to doing well on the exams and quizzes where most of your  points are earned.

Each WebAssignment is due on Sunday at 11 PM as indicated below, except for the first and the one after Summer Break—these are highlighted. You get instant feedback as to whether the answer is correct or not and you have up to 10 attempts at getting the correct answer.
Note: the numerical answers must be within 3% of the correct answer for WebAssign to accept them, so be careful in rounding-off.

Important reminder
WebAssignments  will be completed by 11 PM on the due date. 
>>>No exceptions, no make-ups, no extensions!! [Don't even ask]
<<<
The WebAssign server may have occasional problems, e.g., slowing down due to a glut of last-minute users.  It's smart to begin work early and turn in answers steadily, rather than try to do it all on the last day (say, around 10 PM Sunday!!).

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Special Notice:  I regret that the bookstore(s) apparently got incorrect info re: use of  WebAssign in this course...this is only the third year we've used it(!).  
If you didn't get WebAssign with your text, you can buy an access code directly at  the URL below,
*after* you log in   and establish your user id  — see Login Instructions below.
 

http://www.webassign.net

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Login Instructions: 

Login: Your login name is your 8-digit UFID (no dash), including leading zeros, e.g. 00564567. Do not use your GatorLink name!  Your password is also the UFID, but you should change it after your first login. Please take note:

  • If you had a previous WebAssign account under your Gatorlink name, it will not work in this course.

  • If you had a previous WebAssign account with username = UFID, it will be valid in this course, with the same password as previously. 
  • You still need  a valid WebAssign license for this course.  Usually it's sold with the text but if you didn't buy it, borrowed a used text, etc., see the special notice just above re:  how to get an access code.


 Please change your password after you log in for the first time.
The institution is ufl .

Login to WebAssign

Chapter Problems Due date
15 8, 10, 13, 15, 19, 22, 43, 50  Wednesday, May 21
16 6, 10, 14, 24, 34, 44, 48, 62  Sunday,  May 25
17 5, 8, 15, 22, 34, 45, 52, 55  Sunday,  June 1
18 6, 9, 13, 19, 33, 48, 50, 56  Sunday,  June 8
19 8, 14, 18, 24, 31, 35, 45, 66  Sunday,  June 15
20 3, 4, 10, 18, 23, 28, 49, 59  Tuesday, July 1
21 2, 8, 23, 35, 38, 51, 58, 66  Sunday,  July 6
22 4, 7, 16, 22, 29, 49, 56, 61  Sunday,  July 13
23 8, 16, 18, 33, 36, 47, 48, 50  Sunday,  July 20
24 9, 16, 26, 32, 38, 46, 52, 56  Sunday,  July 27
25 9, 13, 20, 24, 26, 35, 53, 57  Sunday,  August 3
 
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