Wolfson & Pasachoff
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3rd edition
Most users will now have the second or subsequent printing of this text. A number of corrections were made at the second printing that are not listed here. The list below gives corrections that will be made in the third or later printings. To report additional corrections or make other suggestions for subsequent printings, contact wolfson@middlebury.edu.
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| 81 |
Fig. 4-22a should not have q in it |
| 91 | In problem 80, expression at the end should read: x/(2 tan q) |
| 172 |
In "Got it" box, change 10 J to 100 mJ |
| 274 |
Answer to exercise should read 1.36 Mm/s, 0.496 Mm/s for incident and struck protons, respectively. |
| 316 |
3 lines above Tip Box, in "torque in Fig. 13-5 is upward" reference should be to Fig. 13-4 |
| 332 |
In problem 39, second figure reference (line 5 of problem) should be to Fig. 13-34 |
| 399 |
4 lines above Example 16-2, "In Section 16.6" should read "In Section 16.7" |
| 497 |
Next to last line, change "1 gram" to "12 grams" |
| 574 |
Answer to exercise following Example 23-1 should be increased by factor
of 10, to |
| 576 |
In 4th line of paragraph opposite Fig. 23-9, change "F12 and F13" to "F13 and F23" |
| 869, 870 | In Example 33-4, on p. 869, last line of left-hand column, change last
phrase to "what will be the peak capacitor voltage at resonance?" If space permits, add above EXERCISE in right-hand column: "(This
32 V is not quite the maximum capacitor voltage, which is 34.1 V and occurs
at 900 Hz.)" |
| 945 | In un-numbered equation just above Equation 36-2, delete minus sign on left-hand side |
| 970 | In problem 72, line 2, change "convex" to "concave" |
| 977 | In line just above Equation 37-3, change equation reference to Equation 34-21b |
| A-20 | In Appendix E, mass of Europa should read 0.0478 |
| A-21 |
In answer to "Got it", p. 172, change 5 J to 50 mJ (goes with correction on p. 172) |
| A-21 |
Answer to "Got it", p. 297, should read "Because more of its mass is closer to the rotation axis." |
| A-23 |
Answer to Chapter 1, problem 9: change to 0.62 rad |
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Answer to Chapter 2, problem 83: change to 113 m |
| A-24 |
Answer to Chapter 3, problem 37: replace entire answer with one word: "southwest" |
| A-25 |
Answer to Chapter 7, problem 3, should read 0.15 MJ (change N to M) |
| A-25 |
Answer to Chapter 8 problem 5, (b) should have a minus sign: -59 kJ |
| A-26 |
Answer to Chapter 13 problem 5: units should be s, not rad/s |
| Corrections to Solutions Manual |
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| Problem 18-4a: Answer should read 176 not 167 |