ERRATA

6th edition Physics IB

Cambridge University Press

Corrections to CORE topics

Page 12 above worked example 1.6 … analysis of the data than what is normally ….

Page 18 Last paragraph The green line has gradient …..

Page 97 Exercise 70 a Find is the tension …., c Find is the work …., d Find is the work ….

Page 109 Exercise 77 part c… such that it is …

Page 109 Exercise 79 part a The denominator in the equation should be italic t not 2

Page 113 Exam question 11 part c i. …. brought to rest is 0.26 m

1 Mc 2V
Page 138 Third equation in colored box is  nRT
3 V

Page 143 Exercise 9 mX should be  X

Page 143 Exercise 11 part a (exponents) 4 g mol1 and 1.0 105 Pa

Page 144 Exercise 12 part e . If the mass in the hair is 180 g …. to dry the hair assuming that heat is
extracted at a rate of 750 W.

Page 145 Exercise 16 part c marks allotted are [1] and for part d i [3] and ii [2]

Page 149 Figure 4.6 Vertical axis label is a / cms 2

Page 149 Figure 4.7 Remove vertical axis label

Page 152 Question 5 part a (i): this part should be deleted

Page 153 Learning objectives 4th bullet …. a particle NOT a particles

Page 158 Figure 4.23 Under the figure there is a line of dots. There should have been a second line of
dots as well as per page 24 of the old exam guide

Page 159 Box of Maxwell’s equations at bottom of page. The first equation in the second column should
d m d e
be  E  dl  
dt
and the second  B  dl  0 I  0 0
dt
Page 169 Figure 4.40 The graph is wrong. All numbers on horizontal axis must be divided by 2 so that
graph extends from 0 to 180 degrees.
I I0
1

0.5

0 °
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180

Page 181 Exercise 30 Repeat question 29 …

Page 193 Exam question 12 In both graphs the horizontal labels are x/ m NOT t/s

Page 202 Worked example 5.5 Last sentence: So v is 0.05 mm s-1

Page 212 Figure 5.18 legend: ….. has internal resistance …

Page 222 middle of page Solving, … I2 = 1.8 A.

Page 226 Question 27 Should say: In the circuit the ammeter reads 1.0 A. The current leaving the
unknown cell is 1.67 A. Determine the unknown emf ε.
Page 231 Exercise 35 The figure that follows this exercise should be deleted.

Page 258 Question 14 Label A in the diagram should be at the bottom of the loop. B stays where it is and
C is to the right of A along the horizontal track.

4 2 r 2 GM
Page 263 Top equation we deduce that …  (r squared missing in numerator)
T2 r

Page 268 Exam question 14 Label the radius of the big sphere as R on diagram

kQ
E1 (1015 ) 2
Page 297 Worked example 7.13 …  (k missing in denominator)
E2 kQ
(1010 ) 2
 2
Page 356 Right above part b of worked example: T   0.063 s
102

Page 336 Table 8.4 Second line first column is CO2 not O 2

Page 343 Exercise 11 part a iii …. In one year is 1100 kg NOT 1500 kg

Page 363 Figure 9.15. The colors in the graph need to be

Intensity
1.0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

rad
0.10 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.10

Page 392 Exercise 9 Which of the following …. Wavelength in air leads to … NOT oil

Page 394 Exercise 14 part c Calculate the least number of slits per mm required to …. second order. at
an angle of 15。

q0 qC 
Page 467 Mid-way on page 2 lines under bold face 11.45: the equation is I 0    . The
 RC R
symbol q in red to be deleted.

Page 502 Exercise 3 parts d and e intensity to be replaced by power

Page 502 Exercise 5 part a end of sentence …. the number of electrons emitted

Page 503 Exercise 23 third line replace fundamental by first harmonic

Page 519 Exam question 13 part b (ii) is allotted [1] marks

Page 520 Exercise 13 part b ii question is allotted [1]

Page 521 Exercise 14 graph. The 2 on the vertical axis should be 1

Page 521 Exam question 15. The information of half life should have been given before part d
Page 524 Appendix A: Unit conversions atmosphere exponent: 1 atm = 1.01105 N m2

Options

Option B

400
Page 32 End of worked example B.41 … 1   33% NOT 67%
600

Corrections to answers to problems (mainly significant figures but also some genuine wrong answers)

1.1

Q6 1010

Q10 answer is missing. It is 10 hr

312  480 300  500 8.99 109  7 1016  7 106 1010  50 1022
Q22 (c)   1000 ; (d)   1016
160 150 (8 102 )2 60 104

1.2

Q33 (a) ln V0  4  V0  e4  55 V

1.3

Q46 (c)   3.14

2.1

Q32 (a) v  39.7  40 m s1

Q 50 should be Q51

2.4

Q79 (b) R  49.2  49 N

3.1

Q5   73 K

Q6 (a) C  1.17 105 J K 1 ; (b) 87 min

Q9 (a) 84 min
Q11 112 g

3.2

Q17 P2  16.0 105 Pa

Q28 (a) V  2.27 102 m3 ; (b)   0.176 kg m3 ; (c)   1.41 kg m3 .

c1
Q32 (a) 6.2 1021 J ; (b)  8.
c2

4.4

Q25 (a) 22.9

4.5

Q41 (b) L  0.600 m

5.1

Q9 6.4 105 N C1 vertically down

Q10 12.45  12 A

5.2

Q26 3.0 A in R1 , 0.60 A in the other two

Q27 There is a typo in the question. It should say: In the circuit the ammeter reads 1.0 A. The current
leaving the unknown cell is 1.67 A. Determine the unknown emf ε.

5.3

Q30 should be labelled 31

6.1

Q1 (a) v  17.7 m s1 ; (b) f  0.806 Hz .

7.2
Q17 8.03 MeV; 11.9 MeV

Q22 17.3 MeV

Q45 W  u  d

8.1

Q1 part (b) ED  7.4 105 J m3

Q5 6.1 km

Q8 (b) N  6.8 1018 s1

9.1

Q9 (b) 0.39 m s1 ; (d) 0.225  0.22 N

Q13 (a) h  27 m ; (b) a  34 m s 2 ; (c) T  3.28  3.3 s ; (d) 17.7  18 m

9.2

Q15 0.020 m


Q16 (a) b   24 
0.0041

9.3

Q21   6.46 107  6.5 107 m

Q23 123 nm

Q35   0.092 nm

10.1

25Gm
Q1 (b) V  
d
Q3 (a) EP  7.6 1028 J ; b V  1.0 106 J kg 1 ; (c) v  1.0 103 m s1

Q5 (b) v  3.5 106 m s1

Q11 (a) V  2.5 106 V

Q21 EP  1.4 1012 J  8.6 MeV

10.2

Q28 ET  2.7 1033 J

11.1

Q15 (a) I rms  2.0 A ; (b) Vrms  5.0 V ; (c) 1.0 s

Q17 23%

Q26 (a) V  360 μC

Q31 (b) I  1.3 103 A

Q32 (b) R  43 k

Q33 (a) Q  1.5 103 C

Q34 (b) and (c) 13  W

12.1

Q7 (a) (ii) 2.1 eV; (b) 1.2 eV

Q12 (a)   9.1108 m

Q20  D  110 rad

34

Q23 (b) EK  104 MeV

12.2
Q24 v  3.7 107 m s 1

Q33 3.7 1010 Bq

Q35 N0  4.2 1011

Q37 4.1109 yr