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Lab Prep - Calculus Workshop 2

This assignment is due before 9 AM, Wednesday, August 27^th, 2003.

Please type your LAST name and first initial (example: Gavrin, A):

The following three questions refer to the material you were to read in preparation to the lesson. Questions one and two require you to write a three or four sentence response. Number three is a multiple choice question. Click in the appropriate circle.

You may change your mind as often as you wish. When you are satisfied with your responses, click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of this page.

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To a physicist, what is an integral? What are the units of dx and dq? (Hint: We do not want to know that an integral is the area under a curve. Use a specific example to explain what an integral does.)

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Name three things that have position varying densities.

3.

The mass density (rho) of an object is rho=C(l-x), where l is the length and x is the distance along the length. What are the units of C?

Kilograms per meter cubed.

Kilograms per meter.

Kilograms per meter squared.

Kilograms per meter to the fourth.

Below is a space for your thoughts, including general comments about today's assignment (what seemed impossible, what reading didn't make sense, what we should spend class time on, what was "cool", etc.):

You may change your mind as often as you wish. When you are satisfied with your responses click the SUBMIT button.

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This assignment is due before 9 AM, Wednesday, August 27^th, 2003.