DYNAMICS WorkSheet Name

Problem

PREPARE
List knowns. Identify what youre trying to find.
Identify forces and draw a free-body diagram.

Draw a pictorial representation for problems with motion:

Show important points in the motion, establish a coordinate
system, define symbols, draw a motion diagram.

Known

Find

SOLVE

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Start with Newtons first or second law in component form, adding other information as needed to solve the problem.

ASSESS
Have you answered the question?
Do you have correct units, signs, and significant figures?
Is your answer reasonable?

MoMeNtUM WorkSheet Name

Problem

PREPARE

Identify the system and any external forces.

Sketch before and after.
Define coordinates.
List knowns. Identify what youre trying to find.

Known

Find

Is momentum conserved?

SOLVE

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Start with conservation of momentum or the impulse-momentum theorem, using Newtons laws or kinematics as needed.

ASSESS
Have you answered the question?
Do you have correct units, signs, and significant figures?
Is your answer reasonable?

eNergY WorkSheet

Name

Problem

PREPARE

Identify the system.

Sketch before and after.
Define coordinates.
List knowns. Identify what youre trying to find.

Known

Find

Is the system isolated?

Which energies change?

SOLVE

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Start with conservation of energy, adding other information and techniques as needed to solve the problem.

ASSESS
Have you answered the question?
Do you have correct units, signs, and significant figures?
Is your answer reasonable?