Formula Sheet for Physics 1A03

Constants Momentum
𝜌𝑎𝑖𝑟 = 1.29kg/m3 𝑝⃗ = 𝑚𝑣⃗
Patm = 1.013 x 105Pa 𝐽⃗ = 𝐹⃗𝑎𝑣𝑒 Δ𝑡 = △ 𝑝⃗
g = 9.81m/s2 ∑𝑝⃗𝑖 = ∑𝑝⃗𝑓

Area and Volume Waves, sound, light

𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟 2 , 𝐶 = 2𝜋𝑅, 𝐴 = 4𝜋𝑅 2 𝑦(𝑥, 𝑡) = 𝐴 cos(𝑘𝑥 ± 𝜔𝑡)
4 𝑦(𝑥, 𝑡) = 𝐴 sin(𝑘𝑥 ± 𝜔𝑡)
𝑉 = 𝜋𝑅 3 , 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑅 2 ℎ
3 𝜔 = 2𝜋𝑓 = 2𝜋/𝑇 𝑇 = 1⁄𝑓
Other
𝑘 = 2𝜋/𝜆 𝑐 = 𝑓𝜆 = 𝜔/𝑘 𝑐 = √𝑇⁄𝜇
−𝑏 ± √𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 ∆𝐸 1 2 2
𝑥= 𝑃= = 𝜇𝜔 𝐴 𝑐
2𝑎 ∆𝑡 2
𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
sin 𝜃 =
ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 2𝐿 𝑛𝑐
𝜆𝑛 = , 𝑓𝑛 = , 𝑛 = 1,2,3,∙∙∙
𝑛 2𝐿
𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡
cos 𝜃 =
ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 4𝐿 𝑛𝑐
𝜆𝑛 = , 𝑓𝑛 = , 𝑛 = 1,3,5,∙∙∙
𝑛 4𝐿
𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
tan 𝜃 =
𝑎𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 = |𝑓2 − 𝑓1 |

sin2 𝜃 + cos2 𝜃 = 1 𝑐𝑛 = 𝑐/𝑛 𝜆𝑛 = 𝜆/𝑛 𝑛2 sin 𝜃𝑡 = 𝑛1 sin 𝜃𝑖

Kinematics 𝑚𝜆𝑛
𝑣𝑓 = 𝑣𝑖 + 𝑎𝑡
1
Δ𝑥 = 𝑣𝑖 𝑡 + 2 𝑎𝑡 2 2𝑑 = { 1
(𝑚 + ) 𝜆𝑛
𝑣𝑓2 − 𝑣𝑖2 = 2𝑎Δx 2
𝑚𝜆
(𝑣𝑖 + 𝑣𝑓 ) |𝑟2 − 𝑟1 | = 𝑑 sin 𝜃 = { 1
Δ𝑥 = 𝑡 (𝑚 + ) 𝜆
2 2
Forces “low to high, phase shift of π”
∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗ 𝐹⃗𝑠 = −𝑘𝑥⃗
fs ≤ 𝜇 𝑠 𝑁 fk = 𝜇𝑘 𝑁 Fluids
𝐹𝑔 = 𝑚𝑔 = 𝜌𝑉𝑔 𝐹𝑏𝑢𝑜𝑦 = 𝜌𝑙𝑖𝑞 𝑉𝑔
Work and Energy 𝑃 = 𝐹/𝐴 ∆𝑃 = 𝑃 − 𝑃0 = 𝜌𝑔ℎ
1 𝑃𝑎𝑏𝑠 = 𝑃𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑒 + 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚
𝐾 = 2 𝑚𝑣 2 𝑈𝑔 = 𝑚𝑔𝑦
1
𝑊 = Δ𝐾 𝑈𝑒𝑙 = 2 𝑘𝑥 2
𝑊 = 𝐹⃗ ∙ Δ𝑟⃗ = 𝐹Δ𝑟 cos 𝜃 = 𝐹𝑥 Δ𝑥 + 𝐹𝑦 Δ𝑦
𝑊𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠 = −Δ𝑈
E = K + 𝑈𝑔 + 𝑈𝑠
Δ𝐸 = 𝐸𝑓 − 𝐸𝑖 = 𝑊𝑛𝑜𝑛−𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠
Δ𝐸
𝑃= = 𝐹⃗ ∙ 𝑣⃗
Δ𝑡

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