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Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students relating to Newton's Second Law and tension force. Two strings are attached to walls, with the left string being horizontal and the right string forming an angle of 50° with the horizontal. A block of known mass hangs from a ring attached to both strings. Students must determine the tension in the left string. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for each step of the problem-solving, including conceptual analysis, free body diagrams, and quantitative calculation. Immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses.
See Related Materials for a link to the full collection of problems by the same author. Editor's Note: We like this resource because it gives learners a risk-free environment to explore a multi-step problem involving forces in two dimensions. The easy pacing will appeal to beginners who may at first be overwhelmed by the number of steps. Even the corrective feedback is gentle and encouraging.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=6403">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on Two Strings. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>
AIP Format
G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_two_strings).
AJP/PRST-PER
G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on Two Strings (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_two_strings>.
APA Format
Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on Two Strings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_two_strings
Chicago Format
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on Two Strings. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_two_strings (accessed 5 November 2024).
MLA Format
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on Two Strings. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 5 Nov. 2024 <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_two_strings>.
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@misc{
Author = "Gary Gladding",
Title = {Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Mass on Two Strings},
Publisher = {University of llinois Physics Education Research Group},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {5 November 2024},
Month = {June 16, 2006},
Year = {2006}
}
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