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This page contains the conceptual examples discussed in class, along with some selected quantitative examples. Conceptual examples look just like the overheads presented in class, but with the correct answers indicated.

Conceptual Examples

Image in a flat mirror
Ranking angles in three refractive media
Mirror image properties with positive magnification
Lens in aquarium
Refocusing an overhead projector

Two sources interfering; in phase or out of phase?
Changing wavelength and two-slit separation
Diffraction grating with red and yellow light
Motion of charges when charging by induction
Comparing gravitational and electric forces
Which field line diagram is correct?
Electric field of two parallel charged plates
Comparing potential energy of charge pairs

Potential energy when capacitor plates pulled apart
Potential energy in capacitor with/without dielectric
Current through shorted bulb
Brightness of one bulb when another shorted
Comparing brightness of two circuits
Net magnetic field of two wires
Force between two wires