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Introduction to MasteringEngineering
Due: 11:59pm on Saturday, February 4, 2023
You will receive no credit for items you complete after the assignment is due. Grading Policy

A Welcome to Mastering!

Mastering presents homework items assigned by your instructor and works with you to answer them. Homework items typically have
an introduction, possibly figures, and one or more parts for you to answer.

The purpose of the following exercises is to familiarize you with the system you will be using for the rest of your course. These
exercises are not intended to teach or test your knowledge of any specific subject material. Therefore, you will not be penalized for
using hints or submitting incorrect answers.

Grading

In a graded homework item, each part counts equally toward your score on the overall item. You may lose a fraction of the credit for a
part when you submit an incorrect answer. Whether you do lose credit and how much you lose are set by your instructor. However,
you won't lose credit for most types of formatting mistakes or for submitting a blank answer. You can find more information about how
your instructor is grading you by selecting your instructor's Grading Policy, which can be found at the top of each assignment page.
As you might expect, you will receive no credit for a part if you use the Request Answer button. If you just can't figure out a question,
there may be a way to get partial credit by using hints, as the following part will illustrate. Also, note that for problems with hints, the
option of requesting the answer is not available until you have viewed at least one hint.

Part A
What is the magic number in ? You could try to guess the magic
number but you would probably use up all your tries before getting the
correct answer. Notice the View Available Hint(s) link underneath the
question statement for this part. Selecting this link will open up a list of
hints that will guide you to the correct number.

Hint 1. How to approach the problem

Notice that there are two hints for this question. You are not required to use all of the hints or to use them in order. Each
hint has a tagline that describes its contents. Based on the tagline you can decide whether or not a particular hint will be
useful to you. Your instructor may choose to give you a bonus for not using hints or to deduct a small penalty for using
hints. If you are stuck, using the hints will usually result in a higher score than simply trying to guess because you may
lose fewer points for opening a hint than for getting the answer to the main question incorrect.

To help you, the magic number is equal to 10 ⋅ x, where x is a number between 1 and 8. Now, open up the second hint to
uncover the value of x.

Hint 2. What is x?

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You are told from the previous hint that the magic number is equal to 10 ⋅ x. For this problem, x is equal to 6. Use this to
compute the magic number and enter it below.

ANSWER:

magic number = 
60

Correct
Your instructor may choose to give you a bonus for not using hints or to deduct a small penalty for using hints. If you are
stuck, using the hints will usually result in a higher score than simply trying to guess because you may lose fewer points
for opening a hint than for getting the answer to the main question incorrect. Note that you are never required to use the
hints; if you want to figure the question out on your own, go ahead! Upon completing a part though, you may go back
and review the hints even if you didn't use them, as you might want to when studying for a test. You do not lose any
credit for viewing hints after completing the Part.

Part B
Multiple-choice questions have a special grading rule determined by your instructor. Assume that your instructor has decided to
grade these questions in the following way: If you submit an incorrect answer to a multiple-choice question with n options, you
will lose 1/(n − 1) of the credit for that question. Just like the similar multiple-choice penalty on most standardized tests, this
rule is necessary to prevent random guessing. If a multiple-choice question has five answer choices and you submit one wrong
answer before getting the question correct, how much credit will you lose for that part of the question?

ANSWER:

100%

50%

33%

25%

20%

Correct
Your instructor may choose not to deduct 1/(n − 1) of the credit for a multiple-choice question with n options, so refer
to your instructor's Grading Policy on your assignment page as mentioned before to see how your instructor is grading
you.

Mastering Your Mindset

Mindset is an idea proposed by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck based on her research in motivation and development.
According to Dweck, people generally have a tendency to think with one of two different mindsets: a fixed mindset or a growth
mindset. As you start this semester, it can be useful to think about some ideas and strategies that will help you to succeed. In these
materials, we will describe some ideas about motivation, based on cutting-edge research, and offer some suggestions for how to get
the most out of Mastering and your course.

Watch the following videos and answer the accompanying questions to learn more.

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Do You Have a Growth Mindset?

Part A
Which of the following describes a growth mindset, as opposed to a fixed mindset?
ANSWER:

Learning and growing your brain through opportunities helps performance in school

Believing your talents, abilities, and intelligence can be developed in different ways

Challenging yourself by persisting longer with problems helps to grow your mental muscle

All of the above phrases describe the growth mindset

Correct
Mastering presents homework items assigned by your instructor and, with the help of hints and feedback, works with
you to answer them. Homework items typically have an introduction, possibly figures, and one or more parts for you to
answer. Mastering is designed to help you become an active learner, leading to better knowledge retention and
ultimately better performance on exams. 

Part B
What is neuroplasticity?

ANSWER:

Having a fixed mindset in some ways, and a growth mindset in others

The ability to make new and stronger connections between the neurons in our brain as we learn

The inability to change intelligence, which is fixed in the neurons in our brain from birth

Correct
Much of how content is created in Mastering centers around the idea of "deliberate practice." When you challenge
yourself by deliberately practicing concepts, you learn more and make new and stronger connections in your
brain. Mastering is specifically designed to vary how you learn and give you lots of opportunities to challenge yourself.

The Power of Making Mistakes

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Part C
How do students with a growth mindset see their mistakes?
ANSWER:

As opportunities to learn and improve their brain

As something that shouldn't happen in proper learning

As reasons to give up and avoid further challenges

Correct
Many questions in Mastering provide feedback when you get a question wrong to help guide your problem solving and
help you to think through the concepts. Directly addressing your mistakes and working through them will help grow your
mind.

Part D
How can you use Mastering to develop a growth mindset and embrace your mistakes?
ANSWER:

Question what went wrong and use hints or provide problem feedback to develop a new strategy

Repeat the question without changing your approach and input a different answer

Correct
Follow the growth mindset in Mastering:

Mastering tells you immediately whether or not your answers are correct. Usually you will have multiple
chances to arrive at the correct answer, as set by your instructor. If you do get a question wrong, this gives
you opportunity to reflect on what part of your strategy to refine. You can use your textbook, hints, and
feedback to reanalyze your work.
Hints offer suggestions to refine your approach and develop a new strategy to solve the problem if you
get stuck or if you get the question wrong. If you don't need the hints, you can always use them to review
later on or refer to them while solving other problem.
Many items offer specific feedback when you submit an incorrect answer. This feedback should help you
to focus your approach and adjust your strategy.

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The Power of “Yet”

Part E
Why is the word "yet" powerful in developing a growth mindset?
ANSWER:

It encourages you to stop trying when you fail because you are not smart enough and should choose a new subject to
study.

It encourages you to skip steps necessary to learn difficult concepts, and thus see results more quickly.

It encourages you to continue along your learning journey, as you have not yet reached the final destination.

Correct
In Mastering, when you make a mistake in a problem, just think "I haven't solved it yet." Use any provided feedback,
hints, or your textbook to develop a new strategy and tackle the problem again.

Part F
Which is NOT an element in developing expertise in a field?

ANSWER:

Giving up

Asking for help

Putting forth effort

Trying new strategies

Correct
Any expert you know probably spent countless hours working hard to improve, and chances are some of that time they
felt frustrated with their progress. This is not a bad sign! In any course, working through challenging problems and
learning from your mistakes is how you improve. It's better to make mistakes in Mastering rather than on an exam.

Embracing Challenges

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Part G
How do people with a growth mindset view and respond to challenges?

ANSWER:

They see challenges as a waste of effort and are embarrassed.

They see challenges as signs their brains are getting weaker.

They see challenges as opportunities to learn and push their abilities.

Correct
Mastering is designed to give you these challenging opportunities, leading to better knowledge retention and ultimately
better performance on exams. Mastering presents homework items assigned by your instructor and works with you to
answer them. The goal of Mastering is to help you get ready to excel on the tests and learn. You can help yourself
achieve this by trying to diagnose shortcomings while working through the material and using that information to help
yourself fill in those gaps. You may find some Mastering problems really challenging. That's okay. Use that challenge as
a learning opportunity.

Introduction to Numeric Answers

This exercise is not intended to test your knowledge of any specific subject material. Therefore, on this problem you will not be
penalized for using hints or submitting incorrect answers.

Overview
When an assignment question requires that you enter a numeric answer, you will see an answer box like the one illustrated here.

To answer this type of question, you will need to type the numeric value for distance in the rectangle between the quantity you are
solving for (distance) and the units (meters).
In addition to typing alphanumeric values from your keyboard, you can enter non-numeric information by using either

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the menu tabs above the rectangular answer box (for more information click (Help) button) or
the equivalent key strokes. (click (Keyboard shortcuts) button for the list)

Grading
Tolerance

For grading, your numeric answers often (but not always) can be within a tolerance range of the official answer. For
example, if the answer to a numeric problem with a tolerance of 2% were 105, answers between 103 and 107 would be
graded as correct.
If you submit an answer that is rounded to within the grading tolerance but is not the exact answer, you will receive full
credit. If this value is needed in future parts use the full precision value for subsequent parts.

Significant figures

Most questions with numeric answers will require your answer to be given to at least three digits or significant figures.
Your answer may be graded as incorrect if you have calculated correctly but then rounded your final answer to too few
digits. If a different number of significant figures is required, this will be part of the question's answer instructions.
When you need to do multiple calculations to get an answer, use more significant figures than required in each
calculation and round at the end only. Rounding too early can cause your final answer to be outside the tolerance range.

Part A
For most answers, you will simply enter your numeric answer directly into the space provided to the right of the equal sign.
Answer the following question by typing the numeric answer into the answer box.

If you have a gross of items, you have 144 items. If you buy a gross of eggs, how many dozen eggs do you have?

Express your answer in dozens. Do not enter the units; they are provided to the right of the answer box.

Hint 1. How many items are in a dozen?

If you have a dozen items, how many items do you have?
ANSWER:

6 items

12 items

13 items

Correct
A dozen contains 12 items and a gross contains 144 items. To find out how many dozen are in a gross, you need
to determine how many times 12 goes into 144.

ANSWER:

number of eggs = 12 dozen

Correct

Part B

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When entering large numbers in the answer box, do not use commas. For example, enter 1276400 for the number 1,276,400. Do
not enter 1,276,400. If you accidentally enter commas, you will get a message that your answer has the wrong number of terms.
Answer the following question by typing the numeric answer into the answer box.

What is the sum of 9260 and 3240?

Express your answer numerically to at least three significant figures.

Hint 1. How to compute the sum

Recall that the sum of two numbers is the result you obtain by adding the two numbers together.

ANSWER:

sum = 12500

Correct
Note that you can always review exactly what you typed in the answer box by clicking My Answers.

Scientific notation

You may want to enter 367,000,000 in scientific notation as 3.67 × 10 8 . There are two ways to do this.

To use a template, click the button found under the menu.

To use the keyboard,

Instead of the × symbol, use a multiplication dot (⋅) by typing the keyboard multiplication symbol * (Shift + 8).
To input the exponent for numbers written in scientific notation, do either of the following:

Click the button found under the menu.

Type ^ (Shift + 6) from your keyboard.

For example, 3.67 ⋅ 10 8 can be entered in the answer box by typing 3.67*10^8.

Part C
Practice entering numbers that include a power of 10 by entering the diameter of a hydrogen atom in its ground state,
m, into the answer box.
−11
dH = 10.6 × 10

Express the diameter of a ground-state hydrogen atom in meters using a power of 10. Do not enter the units; they are
provided to the right of the answer box.

ANSWER:

dH = 1.06×10−10 m

Correct
In some computer programming languages and software, a shorthand scientific notation for a number such as
3.0 × 10
12
would be 3.0E12. This notation should be avoided when using the math answer box, because the E will be
interpreted as a variable. To correctly enter 3.0 × 10 12 as an answer, follow the advice given above.

Part D

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If you are asked to provide a set of two or more numeric answers, separate them with commas. For example, to provide the year
that Sputnik (the first satellite to be sent into orbit around the Earth) was launched and the year humans first walked on the Moon,
you would enter 1957,1969 in the answer box.

A rectangle has a length of 5.50 m and a width of 12.0 m. What are the perimeter and area of this rectangle?
Enter the perimeter and area numerically separated by a comma. The perimeter should be given in meters and the area
in square meters. Do not enter the units; they are provided to the right of the answer box.

Hint 1. How to find the perimeter

The perimeter of a two-dimensional shape is the distance around the outside edge of the shape. In the case of a
rectangle, there are two sides of length L and two sides of width W . Therefore, if you were to walk around the outside of
a rectangle, you would walk a distance of 2L + 2W or 2(L + W ).

Hint 2. How to find the area

The area A of a rectangle is given by the product of its length L and width W : A = L⋅W .

ANSWER:

perimeter, area = 35.0,66.0 ,

m m
2

Answer Requested

Introduction to Numeric Answers with Units

This exercise is not intended to test your knowledge of any specific subject material. Therefore, on this problem you will not be
penalized for using hints or submitting incorrect answers.

Overview
When an assignment question requires that you enter an answer consisting of a numeric value and its units, you will see an answer
box like the one illustrated here.

To answer this type of question, you will need to type the numeric value and the appropriate units in the boxes provided.

To enter a numeric value, click in the Value box and then type in the value. You can enter only numeric values,
including scientific notation. You can’t enter calculations or algebraic expressions. The same grading, tolerance, and
significant figure rules apply to the numeric value of your number and units answer as apply to numeric answers.
To enter units, click in the Units box and then enter the abbreviated unit. You can enter any of the following:

A single unit such as m, eV , Å , Ω , or ∘ C.

A single unit with a prefix such as cm or MeV .
A compound unit such as N ⋅ m or m/s . Note that you must use explicit multiplication in compound units.
For example, newton-meters can be entered as either N ⋅ m or N−m , but not Nm.

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A compound unit with a prefix such as kN ⋅ m.

To undo your work, click . To redo your work, click .

To clear your work (restart), click .

To view a list of keyboard shortcuts, click . Here are some of the most common shortcuts:

Compound unit multiplication: Type * (Shift + 8) or Type - (a hyphen).

Exponent: Type ^ (Shift + 6).
Fraction: Type / (a forward slash).
Degree symbol: Type \deg.

For more information, click ( ). To identify the purpose of any icon, simply place your cursor over it. For instance,

here is an example showing the degree symbol:

Part A
Answer the following question by entering the numeric value with appropriate units.

If the length of one side of a square is 12.0 m, what is the perimeter of the square?
Express the perimeter with the appropriate units.

Hint 1. Definition of a perimeter

The perimeter of a square is the sum of the lengths of all four sides of the square.

ANSWER:

perimeter = 48.0 m

Correct
Because a square has four sides of equal length, the perimeter is12 m + 12 m + 12 m + 12 m = 48.0 mYou could
also express the perimeter in equivalent units using prefixes such as cm or km (i.e., 4800 cm or 0.0480 km )

Part B
When numbers are very small or very large, it is convenient to either express the value in scientific notation and/or by using a
prefix with the unit.

A pain-relieving pill has a mass of 0.005 g . Express the pill’s mass in grams using scientific notation or in milligrams.
Express your answer in scientific notation to one significant figure or use a prefix on the unit.

Hint 1. How to interpret the prefix milli

The prefix m (milli) implies multiplication by 10 −3 ; thus, a milligram is 1 × 10 −3  g .

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ANSWER:

mass = 5×10−3 g

Correct
Because 1 milligram = 10
−3
 grams , you can enter your answer as 5 × 10 −3  g or 5 mg .

Part C
You can also enter units that are combinations of other units. Keep in mind that you have to indicate the multiplication of units

explicitly either with a multiplication dot or a dash. You can add a multiplication dot by selecting the dot from the

Templates menu.

The weight of an object is the product of its mass, m , and the acceleration of gravity, g (where g = 9.8 m/s
2
). If an object’s
mass is m = 10. kg, what is its weight?
Express the weight with the appropriate units.

Hint 1. The units for weight

To calculate the weight of an object, you must multiply its mass by the acceleration due to gravity:
weight  =  mass of  object  ⋅  acceleration due to gravity

Because you are multiplying a value with the units kg by a value with the units m/s2 , find the resulting units by
multiplying both units together:
2 2
(kg) ⋅ (m/s )  =  kg ⋅ m/s

ANSWER:

kg⋅m
weight = 98
2
s

Correct
The weight of the object is m ⋅ g = 98 kg ⋅ m/s
2
. Because 1 kg ⋅ m/s2   =  1 N (1 newton), you can also express the
answer as 98 N , in scientific notation as 9.8 × 10 1  N, or with a prefix as 0.098 kN.  

Part D
You can enter units that are combinations of units with prefixes. However, you must maintain the same unit system given in the
problem. For example, this question uses the SI unit system. Therefore an answer in U.S. customary units, such as miles per
hour would not be accepted as correct.

A car traveling with constant speed travels 150 km in 7200 s . What is the speed of the car?
Express the speed with the appropriate units.

Hint 1. The equation for computing speed

distance
If an object is moving with constant speed, its speed is given byspeed =
time

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ANSWER:

2.1×10−2
km

Correct
You can enter your answer in any equivalent combination of SI units representing a distance over any period of time.
For example, you could also enter 21 m/s using two significant figures.

Part E
You can enter compound units that are combinations of other units that are multiplied together. To enter the ⋅ explicitly, type (shift

+ 8) on the keyboard, or use the template in the Templates  menu.

Torque can be calculated by multiplying the force (N ) applied at  90∘ to the lever arm at a distance (m) from the pivot point
(point of rotation), the compound SI unit for the torque is N ⋅ m. If the force (at 90∘ to the lever arm) applied is 15 N and it is
applied at 2.0 m from the pivot point (point of rotation), what is the torque on the lever?
Express the torque with the appropriate units.

Hint 1. The equation for computing torque

If a lever has a constant force applied at 90∘ to the lever arm at a fixed distance from the pivot point (point of rotation), the
torque on the lever is given bytorque  =  f orce (at 90∘  to lever arm)  ×  distance to pivot point

ANSWER:

30 N⋅m

Correct

Introduction to Significant Figures

This exercise is not intended to test your knowledge of any specific subject material. Therefore, on this problem you will not be
penalized for using hints or submitting incorrect answers.

Overview
Many questions in Mastering require you to enter your answer to a specified number of significant figures (for questions where it is not
specified, simply follow the standard rules for significant figures as presented in your textbook). For grading purposes, some numeric
answers must be exact. Suppose you are asked "How many days are in a week?" The answer must be "7." Other numeric answers
may be graded as correct not only when they match the exact answer but also if they fall within an acceptable range of the exact
answer. This range is known as the grading tolerance. Suppose you are asked "How many days are in a year?" The precise answer is
365.24 days. However, a calendar contains 365 days, so the Mastering system will also accept that as correct.

An answer that falls within the Mastering grading tolerance will also be marked as correct and you will be given full credit. You will see
a feedback box that looks like the one below:

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Because you rounded differently than the system did, your rounded answer might affect your work on further calculations in the same
item and could cause your next answer to fall outside of the tolerance. To prevent this, you will be asked to use the unrounded answer
for all future parts. .

Part A
Suppose you are asked to find the area of a rectangle that is 2.1-cm wide by 5.6-cm long. Your calculator answer would be 11.76
cm . Now suppose you are asked to enter the answer to two significant figures. (Note that if you do not round your answer to two
2

significant figures, your answer will fall outside of the grading tolerance and be graded as incorrect.)
Enter your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
ANSWER:

12 cm2

Correct
This is your final answer, rounded to significant figures.

To calculate an answer to the correct number of significant figures, you must complete all calculations first and then round your final
answer as the very last step. In Part C, you are asked to calculate the volume of a rectangular prism that has a length of 5.6 cm, a
width of  2.1 cm, and a height of cm. You can calculate the volume of a prism by multiplying the area of the base times the height.
You already calculated the area of the base as 2.1 cm × 5.6 cm in Part A.

Part B
What value should you use as the area of the base when calculating the answer to Part C?

ANSWER:

11.76 cm2

11.8 cm2

12 cm2

Correct
11.76 cm2 is the correct, unrounded value of the area of the base. It is correct to round to the requested number of
significant figures in Part A because calculating the area is your final step. If you want to use that information in further
calculations you must use the unrounded value.

Part C
Using the correct answer from Part B, calculate the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 5.6 cm, a width of 2.1 cm, and
a height of 6.6 cm.  

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Enter your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

ANSWER:

78 cm3

Answer Requested

Part D
Would an answer that generated the response below be considered correct and give you full credit?

ANSWER:

Yes.

It is impossible to tell

No.

Correct

Introduction to Symbolic Answers

This exercise is not intended to test your knowledge of any specific subject material. Therefore, on this problem you will not be
penalized for submitting incorrect answers.

Overview
The type of answer box illustrated here lets you build a symbolic expression just as it would look in your textbook or as you might write
it by hand.

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You use the same answer box and menu tabs to enter numeric and symbolic answers.

To insert a formatting template, such as an exponent, square root, or fraction, click and then select the
appropriate template.

To insert Greek letters, (hbar) , and (EMF) click and then select the letter you want.

To undo your work, click . To redo your work, click .

To clear your work (restart), click .

To view a list of keyboard shortcuts, click . Here are some of the most common shortcuts:

Subscript: Type _ (an underscore).

Exponent: Type ^ (Shift + 6).
Fraction: Type / (a forward slash).
Square root: Type \sqrt.
Greek letters: Type a backslash (\) and the name of the Greek character. For example, to display δ , you
would type \delta. For uppercase Greek letters, begin the name with a capital letter. For example, you
would type \Delta to display Δ.

For more information, click ( ).

Grading

Your answers are graded according to the standard order-of-operations conventions for evaluating mathematical expressions, as
follows:

1. Perform any calculations inside parentheses.

2. Perform all multiplications and divisions, working from left to right.
3. Perform all additions and subtractions, working from left to right.

For example, in the expression a + b ⋅ c, first you should multiply b by c and then add a to the total. In other words, the correct
expression is a + b ⋅ c = a + (b ⋅ c) ≠ (a + b) ⋅ c .

Part A
Similar to what you see in your textbook, you can generally omit the multiplication symbol as you answer questions online, except
when the symbol is needed to make your meaning clear. For example, 1 ⋅ 10 5 is not the same as 1105 . When you need to be
explicit, type * (Shift + 8) to insert the multiplication operator. You will see a multiplication dot (⋅) appear in the answer box. Do not
use the symbol × . For example, for the expression ma , typing m ⋅ a would be correct, but mxa would be incorrect.

Enter the expression ma .

ANSWER:

ma = ma

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Correct
When entering algebraic expressions, such as ma, you can enter it using explicit multiplication m ⋅ a or implied
multiplication ma. Both will be accepted as correct.

Part B

Enter the expression 2cos2 (θ) − 1, where θ is the lowercase Greek letter theta.
Note : All trigonometric arguments are considered to be radians, unless otherwise specified in the problem statement.

ANSWER:

2
2cos (θ) − 1 = 2cos
2
(θ) − 1

Correct
To identify a variable displayed in a specific part, place your cursor over it. For instance, here is an example showing

the Greek letter theta used in this problem: .

Part C
Enter the expression asin(x) + 15 , where asin(x) is the inverse sine function.

ANSWER:

asin(x) + 15 = asin (x) + 15

Correct
Use the same notation to enter other inverse trigonometric functions, for example acos(x) and atan(x) for the inverse
cosine and tangent functions respectively.

Part D
−−−−
2gΔy
Enter the expression √ , where Δ is the uppercase Greek letter Delta.
m

ANSWER:

−−−− −−−−
2gΔy 2gΔy
√
m
= √
m

Correct

Part E

Enter the expression N 0 e−λt , where N 0 is N-naught (an N with a subscript zero) and λ is the lowercase Greek letter lambda.
ANSWER:

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N0e
−λt
= N0e
−λt

Correct

Part F
Enter the displacement arrow pointing upwards.

Click to select the arrow pointing upwards.

ANSWER:

Correct

Part G
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Enter the expression √2i + j + k, where i, j and k are vectors.

Select the vector and then click on the 'vec' button.

ANSWER:

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√2 i + j + k = √2 i + j + k

Answer Requested

Entering Complex Numbers

This exercise is not intended to test your knowledge of any specific subject material. Therefore, on this problem you will not be
penalized for using hints or submitting incorrect answers.

Overview

When a question requires that you enter a complex number, you will see an answer box like the one show below.

To enter a complex number in rectangular form (a+ib or a+jb), enter the number in the box provided.

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To enter a complex number in polar form (a ∠ b), click the Templates menu ( ) and select Polar form

complex number ( ). Type a, press the right arrow key, and enter b.

To enter the complex conjugate of a complex number (a+jb) or vector (A ), click the Templates menu ( ), select

Complex conjugate ( ), and type a+jb or A .

Part A - Complex number in rectangular form

What is (1+2j) + (1+3j)? Your answer should contain three significant figures.

ANSWER:

2.00 + 5.00j

Correct
You can use either i or j to represent the imaginary unit.

Part B - Complex number in polar form

What is 10∠ 30 + 10∠ 30? Answer in polar form. Note that the angle is measured in degrees here.

To enter a complex number in polar form ( a ∠ b), click the Templates menu ( ) and select Polar form complex

number ( ).

ANSWER:

20∠30

Correct

1. The question will mention if the phase angle expected is in degrees or radians. You will not have to insert
the degrees symbol.
2. If you are not specifically asked to use the polar form, you can use the rectangular equivalent.

Part C - Complex conjugate of a vector

What is the complex conjugate of vector A ?

To enter the complex conjugate of a vector (A ), click the Templates menu ( ), select Complex conjugate ( ),
and A .
ANSWER:

∗
(A)

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Correct

Part D - Complex conjugate of a complex number in rectangular form

The complex conjugate of 2+j3 is represented by (2+j3)∗ . Enter the complex conjugate of 2+j3 below.

To enter the complex conjugate of a complex number (a+jb), click the Templates menu ( ), select Complex

conjugate ( ), and type a+jb.

ANSWER:

2 - 3j

Answer Requested
Both (2-j3) and (2+j3)∗ are accepted as correct answers.

Score Summary:
Your score on this assignment is 94.2%.
You received 6.59 out of a possible total of 7 points.

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