| Acknowledgments |
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| About the Author |
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| Introduction: The Five-Step Program |
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| Step 1 Set Up Your Study Program |
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1 How to Approach Your AP Physics Course |
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Don't Bang Your Head Against a Brick Wall |
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Ask Questions When Appropriate |
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Never Forget, Physics is "Phun" |
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2 What You Need to Know About the AP Physics C Exams |
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Some Frequently Asked Questions About the AP Physics C Exams |
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Understand Physics First, Then AP Physics C |
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Three Different Study Schedules |
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| Step 2 Determine Your Test Readiness |
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Electricity and Magnetism Quiz |
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Answers to Mechanics Quiz |
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Answers to Electricity and Magnetism Quiz |
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What Do I Know, and What Don't I Know? |
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Interpretation: How Ready Are You? |
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| Step 3 Develop Strategies for Success |
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6 Memorizing Equations in the Shower |
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What About the Free-Response Section? |
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Treat Equations Like Vocabulary |
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Answer Key to Practice Quiz |
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7 How to Approach Each Question Type |
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How to Approach the Multiple-Choice Section |
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How to Approach the Free-Response Section |
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8 Extra Drill on Difficult but Frequently Tested Topics |
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Electric and Magnetic Fields |
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| Step 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High |
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Introduction to Motion in a Straight Line |
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Graphical Analysis of Motion |
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Algebraic Analysis of Motion |
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What If Acceleration Isn't Constant? |
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Air Resistance and the First-Order Differential Equation |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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10 Forces and Newton's Laws |
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Describing Forces: Free-Body Diagrams |
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Determining the Net Force |
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This
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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Motion of the Center of Mass |
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Elastic and Inelastic Collisions |
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Two-Dimensional Collisions |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem |
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Conservation of Energy: Problem-Solving Approach |
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Potential Energy vs. Displacement Graphs |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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13 Gravitation and Circular Motion |
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Velocity and Acceleration in Circular Motion |
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Newton's Law of Gravitation |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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Newton's Second Law for Rotation |
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Rotational Kinetic Energy |
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Angular Momentum and Its Conservation |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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15 Simple Harmonic Motion |
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Amplitude, Period, and Frequency |
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Vibrating Mass on a Spring |
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152 | (3) |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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158 | (16) |
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159 | (1) |
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Force of an Electric Field |
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Special Geometries for Electrostatics |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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Resistors in Series and in Parallel |
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Circuits from an Experimental Point of View |
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RC Circuits: Steady-State Behavior |
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RC Circuits: Transitional Behavior |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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Long, Straight, Current-Carrying Wires |
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Mass Spectrometry: More Charges Moving Through Magnetic Fields |
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The Biot-Savart Law and Ampere's Law |
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207 | (3) |
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Solutions to Practice Problems |
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| Step 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Questions |
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215 | (10) |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Questions |
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225 | (4) |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Questions |
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229 | (10) |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Questions |
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239 | (3) |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Solutions |
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242 | (4) |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Solutions |
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246 | (4) |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Solutions |
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250 | (4) |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Solutions |
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254 | (3) |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Questions |
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257 | (9) |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Questions |
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266 | (3) |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Questions |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Questions |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Solutions |
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Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Solutions |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Solutions |
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Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Solutions |
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| Appendixes |
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Four-Minute Drill Prompts |
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