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Part I: Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations Your Guide to Using This Book How to Begin Part II: Practice Test Practice Test Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations Part III: About the AP Physics C Exam The Structure of the AP Physics C Exam How the AP Physics C Exam Is Scored Overview of Content Topics How AP Exams Are Used Other Resources Designing Your Study Plan Part IV: Test-Taking Strategies for the AP Physics C Exam Preview How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions How to Approach Free-Response Questions Using Time Effectively to Maximize Points Reflect Part V: Content Review for the AP Physics C Exam Vectors Introduction Definition Vector Addition (Geometric) Scalar Multiplication Vector Subtraction (Geometric) Standard Basis Vectors Vector Operations Using Components Magnitude of a Vector Direction of a Vector The Dot Product The Cross Product Kinematics Introduction Position, Distance, and Displacement Speed and Velocity Acceleration Uniformly Accelerated Motion and the Big Five Kinematics with Graphs Free Fall Projectile Motion Chapter Drill Summary Newton’s Laws Introduction The First Law The Second Law The Third Law Weight The Normal Force Friction Pulleys Inclined Planes Uniform Circular Motion Chapter Drill Summary Work, Energy, and Power Introduction Work Kinetic Energy The Work–Energy Theorem Potential Energy Conservation of Mechanical Energy Potential Energy Curves Power Chapter Drill Summary Linear Momentum Introduction Impulse Conservation of Linear Momentum Collisions Center of Mass Chapter Drill Summary Rotational Motion Introduction Rotational Kinematics The Big Five for Rotational Motion Rotational Dynamics Kinetic Energy of Rotation Work and Power Angular Momentum Conservation of Angular Momentum Equilibrium Chapter Drill Summary 10 Laws of Gravitation Kepler’s Laws Newton’s Law of Gravitation The Gravitational Attraction Due to an Extended Body Gravitational Potential Energy Proving the Equation Orbits of the Planets Chapter 10 Drill Summary 11 Oscillations Introduction Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): The Spring–Block Oscillator The Kinematics of Simple Harmonic Motion The Spring–Block Oscillator: Vertical Motion The Sinusoidal Description of Simple Harmonic Motion Pendula Chapter 11 Drill Summary 12 Electric Forces and Fields Introduction Coulomb’s Law The Electric Field Conductors and Insulators Gauss’s Law Chapter 12 Drill Summary 13 Electric Potential and Capacitance Introduction Electrical Potential Energy The Potential of a Sphere The Potential of a Cylinder Chapter 13 Drill Summary 14 Direct Current Circuits Introduction Electric Current Electric Circuits Resistance–Capacitance (RC) Circuits Chapter 14 Drill Summary 15 Magnetic Forces and Fields Introduction The Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge The Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire Magnetic Fields Created by Current-Carrying Wires The Biot–Savart Law Ampere’s Law Chapter 15 Drill Summary 16 Electromagnetic Induction Introduction Motional Emf Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction Inductance Maxwell’s Equations Chapter 16 Drill Summary 17 Chapter Drills: Answers and Explanations Part VI: Practice Test Practice Test Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations Register Your Book Online! 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