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Homework Problems Physics 131: Section 2

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Homework Problems:

 

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2. Modeling with mathematics

2.1 Using math in science

Problem name  Type  Features  Threads  Use 
1. Modeling with equations
 
        
2. Thinking about models          
3. Accurate enough {*}        
4. Equations of counting {*}        
5. The concentration of gamma-globulin          
6. Equations in math, equations in physics         
7. Models in biology
       
 
       
         

2.1.2 Measurement 

Problem name  Type  Features  Threads  Use 
1. The five clocks
       
2. Testing the motion detector (also 3.2.1.P2) {*}        
3. Errors in blood pressure measurement (also 5.2.1.P17) {*}

   
4. Blood test "velocity"         
5. Insignificant figures         
 
       
         

2.1.3 Dimensions, units, and scaling

Problem name  Type  Features  Threads  Use 
1. Scaling cubes {*}
            
2. Dollar and penny {*}
       

3. Pizza sale {*}

        
4. Scaling up {*        
5. Finding a mistake using dimensional analysis {*}        
6. Finding the right dose {*}      
7. Feeding the cougar {*}        
8. How big is a worm? {*}
           
9. Mass-specific metabolic rate {*}      
10. Fuel efficiency {*        
11. HP dimensions {*}        
12. Dynamics dimensionalities {*}        
13. Dimensions of pressure {*}        
14. Finding a small tumor {*}        
15. Components of cells {*        
16. Dimensions of chemical reaction rates {*}        
17. Oscillating circuits {*        
18. Molecules in a cell {*        
19. Why fuss about dimensionality?        
 
       
 
       

2.1.4 Estimation

Problem name  Type  Features  Threads  Use 
1. Picking up the books {*} 
     
2. Drifting continents {*}
       
3. How big is a byte? {*}
        
4. Novels on a CD {*} 
        
5. How big is a protein molecule? {*}
      

6. Blood and breath {*}

      
7. Sensing molecular signals {*}
       
8. Bacteria on your skin {*}
     
9. Atorvastatin Calcium {*}
     
10. Your bacterial component {*} 
        
11. Microvilli {*} 
        
12. Growing new skin 
      
13. How many ions? (also 4.3.2.P3) {*}
        
14. Cellular and molecular scales {*} 
             
15. Packing DNA {*}
       
16. Can trees save the planet? {*}
     
17. What if the Greenland ice sheet melts? (also 5.2.1.P18) {*}

   
18. How much pizza    
19. Population growth: 1 {*}      
20. Slime mold spores {*}         
21. A homeopathic drug  {*}     
22. Estimating Eyeballs         
23. Jellybeans {*}        
24. Tumor growth         
25. Growing fingernails {*}
     
26. Ions in a vacuole        
27. Number of cells in a body {*}    
28. Dosing the liver {*}    
29. Going around in circles (William Harvey)         
30. Counting H+ ions {*}        
31. Two contortionists {*}        
32. Cherry blossom time {*        
33. Filling a football field {*}        
34. Bacteria vs viruses {*}        
35. Accessible ore {*}        
         

2.1.5 Specific math activities

       
1. Vector subtraction practice {*}        
2. The exponential function {*}        
3. Exponential parameters {*}        
4. Using scientific notation 
       
5. Cosine  graphs {*} (also 9.2.P43)        
         
         

 

 

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