We’re going over a very big chapter in basically two days. Not ideal, but we just can’t spend more time on it. Last year, all three of the free response questions were about these topics, I’m sort of betting they won’t do that again.
This is chapter 12 in the book. While the book is good, we have a much better resource for getting help on these topics. Go to this website! It’s got an incredible collection of resources that do an incredible job of explaining these topics using animations, problems, and pictures. Be sure to click on the videos labeled “Monterey”. They are short videos that do a VERY good job of explaining the topics. We don’t have enough time to cover all of this in class so you are responsible for getting the information yourself.
We will talk about generic simple harmonic motion Monday and get more specific (mass on spring, pendulum) on Tuesday.