Homework 6


Homework 6: Due Friday 25 February

Presentation:

  1. Keep thinking about your presentation topic and do some reading. (0 points)

Chapter R1:

  1. R1B.4 (5 points)
  2. R1S.4 (10 points)
  3. R1S.7 (15 points) Warning: This one isn't easy.
Chapter R2:

  1. R2B.2 (10 points)
  2. R2B.6 (10 points)
  3. R2S.4 (10 points)
Chapter R3:

  1. R3B.4 (10 points)
  2. R3S.3 (10 points)
Chapter R4:

  1. R4B.4 (5 points)
  2. R4B.7 (5 points)
  3. R4S.2 (10 points)
Chapter R5:

  1. R5B.2 (5 points)
  2. R5B.4 (5 points)
  3. R5S.6 (10 points) Assumed that the shuttle's velocity when orbiting is 7.85 km/s.
Bonus

There are lots of great problems. Here are some you could try.

  1. R3R.1
  2. R3S.4
  3. R2R.1 Science Fiction.
  4. R4A.1 Hyperbolic trig functions and hyperbolic geometry. Not that hard and possibly pretty interesting.
  5. R5S.4 Proving the Binomial Theorem. Uses calculus.
  6. R5R.1 Takes a close look at the Hafele-Keating experiment.


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