I N S T R U C T O R

SOLUTIONS MANUAL
W AYNE A NDERSON

COLLEGE PHYSICS
SEVENTH EDITION
JERRY D. WILSON
ANTHONY J. BUFFA
BO LOU

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 Preface to 7th Edition
This instructor’s solutions manual is written to accompany “COLLEGE PHYSICS” by Jerry D. Wilson,
Anthony J. Buffa, and Bo Lou, seventh edition. It contains detailed solutions to all end-of-chapter
exercises and conceptual questions, and explanations for many of the multiple choice questions.

Correctness and accuracy of the solutions and answers are of paramount importance to both instructors and
students. Every possible effort has been taken to ensure an error free and accurate solutions manual. Every
exercise has been worked out, checked, rechecked, and rechecked again by the authors of the text during
the four stages (manuscripts, revised manuscripts, page proofs and second page proofs) of the book. Every
exercise was also checked for accuracy by at least two other physics professors at other institutions. We
would like to thank Sen-Ben Liao for his help in checking the solutions new to the seventh edition.

Since this manual is written mainly for instructors, verbal explanations in the solutions have been kept to a
minimum and some algebraic procedures are only outlined.

The answers given here were reached by working the exercises step-by-step and rounding the result at each
step following the general rules of thumb of significant figures (an extra digit or two are carried in
intermediate results). If you work the exercises fully and then round only your final result, your correct
answer may differ slightly from the answer you find here. Variations may be due to rounding or to
calculator differences.

Should you find any errors, I would be grateful if you could notify me or Anthony Buffa, a co-author of the
text, at abuffa@calpoly.edu.

I certainly hope you find this manual helpful in your teaching.

Wayne Anderson
wayne.anderson2@comcast.net
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 ............................................................................... 1
Chapter 2 ............................................................................. 15
Chapter 3 ............................................................................. 38
Chapter 4 ............................................................................. 59
Chapter 5 ............................................................................. 81
Chapter 6 ........................................................................... 100
Chapter 7 ........................................................................... 122
Chapter 8 ........................................................................... 141
Chapter 9 ........................................................................... 161
Chapter 10 ......................................................................... 178
Chapter 11 ......................................................................... 192
Chapter 12 ......................................................................... 207
Chapter 13 ......................................................................... 223
Chapter 14 ......................................................................... 240
Chapter 15 ......................................................................... 258
Chapter 16 ......................................................................... 275
Chapter 17 ......................................................................... 294
Chapter 18 ......................................................................... 313
Chapter 19 ......................................................................... 334
Chapter 20 ......................................................................... 354
Chapter 21 ......................................................................... 370
Chapter 22 ......................................................................... 384
Chapter 23 ......................................................................... 396
Chapter 24 ......................................................................... 419
Chapter 25 ......................................................................... 434
Chapter 26 ......................................................................... 449
Chapter 27 ......................................................................... 471
Chapter 28 ......................................................................... 487
Chapter 29 ......................................................................... 500
Chapter 30 ......................................................................... 521