University Physics Volume 2 Release Notes 2017

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March 16, 2018

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Errata: Below is a table containing submitted errata, and the resolutions that OpenStax
has provided for this latest text.

Resolution
Location Detail Notes Error Type
Our reviewers
accepted this
Preface Update contributor list. change. Other
In chapter 2 of university
physics, Figure 2:15 The
Ch 2: The Kinetic Maxwell-Boltzmann
Theory of Gases, distribution...
Sec 4: Distribution The figure has a wrong Thank you for
of Molecular label. The x-axis should be the feedback! Other factual
Speeds, Figure labeled speed rather than We've corrected inaccuracy in
2.15 velocity. this error. content
Ch 2: The Kinetic
Theory of Gases,
Sec 4: Distribution
of Molecular The x label for figure 2.16 Our reviewers Other factual
Speeds, Figure should be speed instead of accepted this inaccuracy in
2.16 velocity change. content
Again in Volume 2, pg. 111, Revise the 3rd
the textbook states, “We sentence in the
will see that the first law of 2nd paragraph
thermodynamics puts a of the
limit on the amount of work Introduction as
that can be delivered by the follows:
Ch 3: The First Law system when the amount of
of internal energy change or "...affect how
Thermodynamics, heat transfer is work is done by Incorrect calculation
Introduction constrained.” This the system in or solution
 statement is confusing. The that process.
First law alone does not We will see that
constrain the amount of the first law of
work that can be delivered thermodynamics
by a system. The first law explains that a
tells us that the change in change in the
the internal energy of a internal energy
system can be in the form of a system
of heat and work, but it is comes from
the second law that tells us changes in heat
that heat cannot be zero. It or work.
is the combination of both Understanding
the first and second law the laws... "
that constrains the amount
of work that a system can
be delivered.
In Volume 2, chapter 3 (pg.
111), the textbook states
“Heat is energy in transit,
and it can be used to do
work. It can also be Revise the 1st
converted into any other two sentences
form of energy.” Heat is the of the
transfer of energy due to a Introduction as
temperature difference follows:
between two systems. Heat
cannot do work. The "Heat is the
change in the internal transfer of
energy of a system can be energy due to a
in the form of heat and temperature
work or just heat, but it difference
does not make sense to between two
say heat can be used to do systems. Heat
work. Heat describes the describes the
process of converting from process of
one form of energy into converting from
Ch 3: The First Law another; it does not make one form of
of sense to say heat is energy into Other factual
Thermodynamics, converted into another form another. A car inaccuracy in
Introduction of energy. engine, ... " content
I found the following errors
Ch 3: The First Law in the online textbook's
of answer key: Ch 3: #97, part
Thermodynamics, (b) should be 0.026m^3, Thank you for
Challenge 0.074m^3, part (c) should the feedback!
Problems, Exercise be 1220K, 430K, part (d) We've corrected
97 should be 30.5KJ. this error. None
Ch 4: The Second Volume 2, Chapter 4, Revise exercise
Law of Problem 27, Page 176 This 27 as follows: Incorrect calculation
Thermodynamics, question is in Section 4.2, or solution
End of Chapter Heat Engines. To answer An engine
Exercises this question, you must absorbs three
assume that the engine is a times as much
Carnot engine, but the heat as it
Carnot cycle isnt discharges. The
introduced until Section work done by
4.5. We recommend adding the engine per
the word Carnot before cycle is 50 J.
engine and moving the Calculate (a) the
question to section 4.5. efficiency of the
Also, a more general issue engine, (b) the
for many problems in heat absorbed
volume 2 chapter 4: per cycle, and
Questions involving heat (c) the heat
engines, heat pumps, and discharged per
refrigerators use the verb cycle.
reject and its various forms
to refer to the process of Revise "reject"
heat leaving the system to "discharge"
into a heat reservoir. The thoughout.
text of Chapter 4 doesnt
use this word at all, instead
using exhaust, discharge,
and dump (and their
various forms). After some
cursory searching, our
team found that that the
verb reject is used to refer
to this process primarily by
mechanical engineers. You
may want to consider
rewording these questions.
Charles-Augustin de
Coulomb's name has two
Ch 5: Electric errors: the hyphen is Thank you for
Charges and missing and an e has been the feedback.
Fields, Sec 1: added to the end of We've corrected
Electric Charge "Augustin". this error. Typo
As I was reading the Revise the
physics volume 2 textbook, solution to
I noticed in chapter 5 exercise 43 as
section 5.2 (conductors, follows:
Ch 5: Electric insulators, and charging by
Charges and induction) the solution to 5.00 × 10^-9 C
Fields, Sec 2: one of the practice problem (6.242 × 10^18
Conductors, is wrong. e/C) = 3.121 ×
Insulators, and 10^10 e;
Charging by I did the calculations and 3.121 × 10^10 e
Induction, Exercise the amount of excess +1.0000 × Incorrect calculation
43 electrons should be 10^12 e = or solution
 3.12*10^10 1.0312 × 10^12
and the total electrons e
should be 1.0312*10^12.
The problem is the
miscalculations of 5*10^-9
C (6.242*10^18 e/C). The
answer should be
3.12*10^10 electrons
instead of 3.12*10^19
electrons.
Ch 5: Electric
Charges and
Fields, Sec 3: Answer for part C should Our reviewers
Coulomb's Law, be -3.84E-5i - 88.3E- accepted this
Exercise 49 5j. See attached file. change. None
The variable r is used to
represent a ratio. This can
be confusing to students,
as when they see r in a
Ch 5: Electric formula concerning
Charges and Coulomb's Law, they will Thank you for
Fields, Sec 3: associate r with a distance. the feedback! General/pedagogical
Coulomb's Law, Please pick another We've corrected suggestion or
Exercise 57 symbol. this error. question
Just before Eq. (5.5) and
again just before Eq. (5.6)
there is a typo. The
quantity in the denominator
Ch 5: Electric is squared when it should
Charges and not be. Specifically [ z^2 + Thank you for
Fields, Sec 4: (d/2)^2 ]^2 should be [ z^2 the feedback!
Electric Field, + (d/2)^2 ] without the We've corrected
Example 5.4 square after the bracket. this error. Typo
Ch 5: Electric
Charges and Thank you for
Fields, Sec 4: Answers to both part A and the feedback!
Electric Field, B are incorrect, see We've corrected Incorrect calculation
Exercise 65 attached file. this error. or solution
Ch 5: Electric
Charges and Just before Eq. (5.12), the Thank you for
Fields, Sec 5: lower limit (0) placed the feedback.
Calculating Electric outside the square bracket This equation
Fields of Charge should be typeset lower, appears
Distributions, near the bottom corner of correctly in
Example 5.5 the bracket. webview. Typo
Ch 5: Electric The distances a and b are Thank you for
Charges and switched in the stated the feedback!
Fields, Sec 5: answer. Please see We've corrected Incorrect calculation
Calculating Electric attached file. this error. or solution
Fields of Charge
Distributions,
Exercise 89
Figure 5.34 and
accompanying text
regarding the net electric
field of a dipole in a uniform
external electric field are
confusing, if not wrong. At
the very least, the dipole
moment is drawn pointing
the wrong way in the
diagram, and should be
fixed.

I'm not sure what to make

of the field lines shown in
dark red. The diagram
seems to suggest the red
lines are the dipole field
(they're labeled Ed, after
all) and the pink lines are
the external field, but if
that's the case the dipole
field is utterly wrong and
the external field should
have a more descriptive
label than just E. The
caption could be construed
to mean the red lines are
the net field, but they seem
inaccurate for that, too. I
don't have a way to make
this sort of plot, though, so I
can't verify my suspicions.
Regardless, the claim in
the text that "the net effect
is to decrease the total
electric field ... outside the
dipole charges" is
completely wrong. The total
field is decreased between
the charges, increased
outside the charges, and
elsewhere picks up
Ch 5: Electric transverse components
Charges and that can increase or Thank you for
Fields, Sec 7: decrease the overall field the feed back. General/pedagogical
Electric Dipoles, magnitude as a function of We've corrected suggestion or
Figure 5.34 position. Finally, the this error! question
expression in Equation 5.7
is only the field along a line
perpendicular to the
midpoint of the line
between the charges, but
the wording here seems to
incorrectly imply that it's
universally applicable
everywhere in space. If
that's the equation used to
generate Figure 5.34, then
the only part of the figure
that's accurate is the single
line in the center for which
that equation actually
applies.

In terms of suggested
corrections, I confess I
don't know what to make of
all this. At the bare
minimum, the arrow
representing the dipole
moment needs to be
reversed to point from -q to
+q. I would like to see the
caption expanded to better
describe exactly what the
diagram is trying to show
us. The contradictions in
the text should be
corrected, but since I'm
uncertain what the diagram
is trying to convey or how it
was generated, I can't
really suggest a fix. Finally,
the implication that the
equation given is the
electric field of a dipole IN
GENERAL is incorrect, and
the text needs to be revised
to clarify that the equation
given only applies along
the perpendicular bisector
of the line between the
charges.

I see this as a major error

that is extremely likely to
cause student confusion at
best, if not a fundamental
 misunderstanding of the
subject matter. It's not quite
bad enough to keep me
from adopting the book, but
it's pretty close.
Ch 5: Electric
Charges and
Fields, Additional Our reviewers
Problems, Exercise I got (4.65i+1.44j)E7 accepted this
117 N/C. See attached. change. None
Students are asked to find
Ch 5: Electric the force on the 5uC
Charges and charges, but there's only 1 Thank you for
Fields, Additional such charge in the the feedback!
Problems, Exercise diagram. Change the plural We've corrected
109 to singular. this error. Typo
Should be 1.6 x 10^7, not
Ch 5, Problem 93, 1.6 X 107 (superscript
Answer key needs to be added) Corrected typo. Typo
Thank you for
In the offset expression for the feedback.
E_i, the "o" is missing in The typo is
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, "over" in "... electric field correct in
Sec 1: Electric Flux over the ith patch". webview. Typo
Thank you for
the feedback!
Our reviewers
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, Equation (6.1) The "r" is accepted this
Sec 1: Electric Flux missing in "surface". change. Typo
Revise Exercise 1 from
"Discuss how would orient Thank you for
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, a planar surface..." to the feedback!
Sec 1: Electric "Discuss how to orient a We've corrected
Flux, Exercise 1 planar surface...". this error. Typo
I find the answers to a Revise the
number of questions to be solution to
incorrect. Maybe there are exercise 3 as
assumptions that need to follows:
be added to the questions, False. The net
or fix the answers. electric flux
Question 3: According to crossing a
Gauss's Law, the net closed surface
electric flux crossing a is always zero if
closed surface is always and only if the
zero if and only if the net net charge
charge enclosed is enclosed is
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, zero. So in general, the zero.
Sec 1: Electric statement is false. If you
Flux, Exercises 3, 4 specify that there is zero Revise the None
 charge enclosed, then the solution to
answer is fine. exercise 4 as
Question 4: Here it is said appropriate.
that the net flux crossing an
open surface is never
zero. A simple counter
example is a region of
uniform electric field with
an open surface that is U-
shaped. If the flat parts of
the U are perpendicular to
the electric field, then the
net flux is zero because
there is an equal amount of
positive and negative
flux. Either make the
correct answer false, or
provide some additional
assumptions. And don't
focus on the definition of
"crossing the surface" such
that a plane surface
oriented parallel to a
uniform field doesn't count.
Question 9: You have left
out the fact that the
gravitational force is always
attractive, while the electric
force is attractive between
like charges and repulsive
for opposite
charges. Therefore, the
gravitational flux through a
closed surface is either
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, zero or positive, never Thank you for
Sec 2: Explaining negative (positive and the feedback! Other factual
Gauss's Law, negative depending on the We've corrected inaccuracy in
Exercise 9 definition of the flux). this error. content
Question 13: This is a
rather strange question. To Revise the
me it is asking if Gauss's solution to
Law is DIRECTLY useful in exercise 13 as
determining the fields of the follows:
two charges. The answer No, since the
is then obviously no since situation does
the situation does not have not have
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, symmetry as discussed in symmetry,
Sec 3: Applying Question 14. To say that making Gauss’s Other factual
Gauss’s Law, the answer is yes is law challenging inaccuracy in
Exercise 13 indirect. That is, you can to simplify. content
 rederive Coulomb's law for
an isolated point charge,
then using the
superposition principle, find
the net field due to a pair of
charges. This is a trick and
the answer should be
altered. It is fine to point
out the connection to
Coulomb's Law, but, as the
use of Gauss's Law is
presented in this chapter,
the answer should be NO.
In the text just above Fig. Thank you for
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, 6.37, the posessive "s" is the feedback!
Sec 4: Charge on a missing at the end of We've corrected
Conductor "Gauss's". this error. Typo
It would be helpful in this
discussion if somewhere it
was said that it can be
demonstrated that Gauss's
Law is true only if the
Coulomb force has a 1/r^2
dependence. Then the
reason for the 1/r^(2+delta) Thank you for
will make more the feedback!
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, sense. Also, note that the We've added General/pedagogical
Sec 4: Charge on a exponent (2+delta) should the suggestion or
Conductor be in parentheses. parentheses. question
Ch 6: Gauss's Law,
Sec 4: Charge on a
Conductor, In the sentence just before
Subsec: The Eq. 6.14, the surface
Electric Field at the
charge density is Our reviewers
Surface of a incorrectly written as delta accepted this
Conductor rather than sigma. change. Typo
Question 17: It is simply
NOT TRUE that all the
conduction electrons in a
metal reside on the
surface. A simple counter
example is a piece of metal
in a region of zero
field. Then the conduction
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, electrons are distributed
Sec 4: Conductors uniformly throughout the Thank you for
in Electrostatic metal. If they were all on the feedback!
Equilibrium, the surface, then the metal We've corrected Incorrect calculation
Exercise 17 would spontaneously this error. or solution
 generate an internal
electric field, a most
ridiculous proposition.
Ch 6: Gauss's Law, Part d is missing some Thank you for
Additional commas. 0 q1-q1, q1+q2 the feedback!
Problems, Exercise should read instead as 0, - We've corrected
89 q1, -q1, q1+q2. this error. Typo
Ch 7: Electric
Charges and
Fields, Sec 1: Ch 7: # 29 part (b) should Thank you for
Electric Potential be 2.4x10^4 m/s, not 750 the feedback!
Energy, Exercise m/s believe there is a units We've corrected Incorrect calculation
29 conversion issue. this error. or solution
The given numerical
answer is v = 750 m/s.
It should be corrected to
Ch 7: Electric v = [(2∙Q1∙Q2/m)∙(1/ri-
Potential, Sec 1: 1/rf)]1/2 = [(2∙5.0x10-6 Thank you for
Electric Potential ∙3.0x10-6 /6.0x10-6 the feedback!
Energy, Exercise )∙(1/0.04- 1/0.08)]1/2 m/s = We've corrected Incorrect calculation
29 7.91x10-3 m/s this error. or solution
I apologize, on top of p305
I re-read the section, and I
now think that the
expression 'V_B-V-A=-
integral' may be correct but
there is probably a negative
sign missing in front of
V_AB, or that this potential
different should be
rewritten as V_BA. The
typo repeats itself in
equation 7.7 and in the 'key
equation section of the
Ch 7: Electric 'chapter review'
Potential, Sec 2: Thank you for
Electric Potential In any case I still think the feedback! General/pedagogical
and Potential there is something We've corrected suggestion or
Difference inconsistent on p 305. this error. question
The problem states that the
electrical field strength is
Ch 7: Electric 7.4E4V rather than
Potential, Sec 2: 7.4E4V/m. And the answer
Electric Potential to part B is given as larger
and Potential than part A, I think it is off Our reviewers
Difference, by a factor of 10. See accepted this
Exercise 37 attached. change. None
Ch 7: Electric In the blue box highlighting Thank you for General/pedagogical
Potential, Sec 3: equation 7.8, "where k = the feedback! suggestion or
Calculations of 9.0 x 10^9 ..." is We've corrected question
Electric Potential inconsistent with the three this error.
digit precision used
elsewhere for this constant.
For example, Examples
7.9, 7.10 and 7.11 all use
8.99 x 10^9 for this
constant. For consistency
with the rest of the book it
should be changed.
The caption for Figure 7.30,
as well as the text related
to the figure state that the
electric field is drawn using
blue arrows while the
Ch 7: Electric equipotential surfaces are
Potential, Sec 5: drawn in green. The
Equipotential diagram actually uses red
Surfaces and arrows for the electric field Our reviewers
Conductors, Figure and black lines for the accepted this
7.30 equipotential surfaces. change. Typo
Ch 8: Capacitance,
Sec 3: Energy Thank you for
Stored in a the feedback!
Capacitor, Exercise Should be 1.17J, not 1.15J. We've corrected
45 See attached. this error. Typo
Ch 8: Capacitance, Thank you for
Sec 4: Capacitor the feedback!
with a Dielectric, Capacitance is given 3uC We've corrected
Exercise 53 rather than 3uF. this error. Typo
Ch 8: Capacitance,
Sec 5: Molecular Thank you for
Model of a the feedback!
Dielectric, Exercise The figure referenced in We've corrected Incorrect calculation
71 exercise 71 is missing. this error. or solution
Ch.8.47(a,b,c)
a) C = 4.43x10-12 F is too
small by a factor of 1000. It
should be C = ε0∙A/d =
8.85∙10-12 C 2 Revise the
/m2N∙1.0∙102 m2 /0.200 m solution to
= 4.43x10-9 F. exercise 47 as
follows:
Thus both b) and c) are too
Ch 8: Capacitance, large by the same factor of a. 4.43 x 10^-9
Sec: 3: Energy 1000. F
Stored in a b. 0.453 V
Capacitor, Exercise b) V = Q/C = 453 V  V = c. 4.53 x 10^-10 Incorrect calculation
47 0.453 V. J or solution
 c) U = ½ Q2 /C = 4.53x10-7
J  U = 4.53x10-10 J.
Image was
taken out of
Reference is made to a solution and put
diagram ("as shown in question
Ch 8 Review #81 below") that does not exist. stem. Other
Ch 9: Current and
Resistance, Sec 2: Revise the
Model of Drift Velocity is vd = I/nqA, equation in the
Conduction in so the correct answer is solution to Try It
Metals, Check Your that vd increases with 9.4 as follows: Incorrect calculation
Understanding 9.4 increasing current density. "v_d = I/nqA". or solution
In Chapter 9.5 Electrical
Ch 9: Current and Energy and Power, Figure In Figure 9.26,
Resistance, Sec 5: 4 I believe the image is revise the
Electrical Energy incorrect for Power = V^2 / equation for
and Power, Figure R. The image shows Power power to "V^2 /
9.26 = V / R^2 R". Typo
Ch 9: Current and The numbers seem
Resistance, scrambled for part A, are Thank you for
Additional we set to 0.06A, or 0.2A? the feedback!
Problems, Exercise Part B answer also seems We've corrected
77 off. this error. None
The units on specific heat
are incorrect. This is
Ch 9: Current and especially bad for students
Resistance, who do E&M prior to Thank you for
Challenge thermo, who will try to the feedback!
Problems, Exercise figure out the problem We've corrected
93 using dimensional analysis. this error. Typo
In the statement of the
problem, all reference to
Ch 10: Direct- batteries is in the plural, but
Current Circuits, the answer assumes that Thank you for
Sec 1: only one battery is in the the feedback!
Electromotive circuit at a time. Language We've corrected
Force, Exercise 21 should be tightened. this error. Typo
Ch 10: Direct-
Current Circuits, Thank you for
Challenge Units in answer part B the feedback!
Problems, Exercise should be mA, not A. See We've corrected
93 attached. this error. Typo
Ch 10: Direct- Current calculation in part c
Current Circuits, is incorrect. The
Challenge heater+immersion heater Our reviewers
Problems, Exercise trip the circuit breaker all by accepted this
97 themselves. See attached. change. None
 In this problem a jet is said
to be flying "due west...
over the Earth's south
magnetic pole." The issue
is that we are told that the
field points straight up. But
if it is actually the south
magnetic pole, the lines
should be pointing towards
the ground. I suspect that
the intent was that we are
at the geographic south
pole (which would be
magnetically north, and
hence have the field lines
pointing up, out of the
ground), but if were were at
the geographic rather than
magnetic south pole, then
the field lines wouldn't be
exactly perpendicular to the
ground. Note
that conceptually it is hard
to figure out directions at a
geographic pole, as there is
no "west pole" for the plane
to be pointed in. One could
argue that when you are
actually at the south pole,
any direction you move are
pointed at in that instant is
north, as east and west are
Ch 11: Magnetic defined in relation to north
Forces and Fields, and south, which have a Thank you for
Sec 2: Magnetic more physical (magnetic) the feedback! General/pedagogical
Fields and Lines, standing. Please clean up We've corrected suggestion or
Exercise 21 the pole language. this error. question
Ch.11.29(a,b,c,d) Revise exercise
a) With me=9.11x10-31 kg, 28 as follows:
mp=1.67x10-27 kg, r =
m∙v/q∙B, and the radius of 28. An electron
the electron in the previous in a TV CRT
11.28 exercise re = moves with a
Ch 11: Magnetic (9.11x10-31 speed of 6.0 x
Forces and Fields, kg∙6.0x107m/s)/(1.60x10- 10^6 m/s, in a
Sec 3: Motion of a 19 C∙5x10-5 T) = 6.83 m. direction
Charged Particle in With v = q∙B∙r/m, if rp = re perpendicular to
a Magnetic Field, then vp = ve∙me/mp so that Earth’s field,
Exercises 28 and vp = 6.0x107 m/s∙9.11x10- which has a Incorrect calculation
29 31 kg/1.67x10-27 kg = strength of 5.0 x or solution
 3.73x104 m/s. 10^-5 T...

b) With vp = 6.0x107 Revise the

m/s∙9.11x10-31 solution to
kg/1.67x10-27 kg, if vp = ve exercise 29 as
then rp=re∙mp/me so that follows:
rp = 6.83 m∙1.67x10-27 a. 3.73 x 10^3
kg/9.11x10-31 kg = m/s
1.25x104 m. b. 1.25 x 10^3
m
c) With E = ½ m∙v 2 or v c. 29.2 m
=(2∙E/m)1/2 and r = d. 0.683 m
m∙v/q∙B, if Ep = Ee then rp
= re∙mp/me∙(me/mp) 1/2 =
re∙(mp/me) 1/2 so that rp =
6.83 m∙(1.67x10-27
kg/9.11x10-31 kg) 1/2 =
2.92x102 m. d) With p =
m∙v and r = m∙v/q∙B, if pp=
pe then rp= re so that rp =
6.83 m remains the same
as it was for the electron in
the previous 11.28
exercise.

Note that the choice of ve =

6.0x107m/s in that exercise
was unfortunate because at
such speed ve /c = 0.2 the
correct solutions require a
relativistic equations with
which would have made
numerical answers to a), b)
c) 2% larger. Yet the
students learn about these
equations later in Ch.5 of
Volume 3.

Suggestion to resolve this

issue: change in 11.28 ve
to a nonrelativistic speed of
e.g., 6.0x106m/s.
Ch 11: Magnetic Answer of .01N is smaller
Forces and Fields, than what you would get by Thank you for
Additional multiplying current, length the feedback.
Problems, Exercise and smallest stated B We've corrected Incorrect calculation
109 field. See attached. this error. or solution
Ch 11: Magnetic It should be stated that the Thank you for General/pedagogical
Forces and Fields, three particles are the feedback! suggestion or
Additional accelerated from rest, We've corrected question
Problems, Exercise rather than just this error.
73 accelerated.
Ch 11: Magnetic
Forces and Fields, Thank you for
Additional the feedback.
Problems, Exercise The answer in part B needs We've corrected
77 to be in meters, not Tesla. this error. Typo
While the direction of the B
field is defined, the
Ch 11: Magnetic direction of the velocity of
Forces and Fields, the charged particle is Thank you for
Additional not. Students need to the feedback! General/pedagogical
Problems, Exercise guess what the author is We've corrected suggestion or
77 assuming about velocity. this error. question
Ch 11: Magnetic
Forces and Fields,
Additional Our reviewers
Problems, Exercise Ch 11: #83 should be accepted this
83 0.12N, not 0.010N; change. None
Ch 12: Sources of
Magnetic Fields,
Additional Ch 12: #65 should be Our reviewers
Problems, Exercise 1.4x10^(-4) T @ 240 accepted this
65 degrees. change. None
Ch 12: Sources of
Magnetic Fields, The numerical solution has
Sec 2: Magnetic 4+2.83 = 6. Thank you for
Field Due to a Thin It should be 6.83 and the the feedback!
Straight Wire, final answer has magnitude We've corrected Incorrect calculation
Example 12.3 9.7 x 10^(-5) T. this error. or solution
Ch 12: Sources of
Magnetic Fields,
Sec 7: Magnetism Our reviewers
in Matter, Exercise The figure referenced in accepted this
87 exercise 87 is missing. change. None
Ch 13:
Electromagnetic
Induction, Sec 2: Ch 13: #35 part (b) should Our reviewers
Lenz's Law, be 46 A up, and part (c) accepted this
Exercise 35 should be 0.019 A down. change. None
Ch 13:
Electromagnetic The figure referenced in
Induction, Sec 4: exercise 48 appears in the Our reviewers
Induced Electric solution, and the solution is accepted this
Fields, Exercise 48 missing. change. None
Ch 14: Inductance, Students are asked to Thank you for
Sec 4: RL Circuits, solve for the "circuit shown the feedback!
Exercise 61 below" and there are 3 We've corrected Typo
 circuits. Given that there this error.
are batteries in the first two,
which would contribute
energy to the resistor, I
think the question can only
apply to circuit #3, and the
first two should be deleted.
Ch 13:
Electromagnetic
Induction, Sec 7:
Applications of
Electromagnetic Our reviewers
Induction, Exercise The figure referenced in accepted this
92 exercise 92 is missing. change. None
Quantities a and R are not
defined in the solution in
the answer key. By
inspection, a is the radius
of the long, thin wire. R
looks like a dummy variable
that acts as the upper limit
on an integration, and we
should take the limit as R
Ch 14: Inductance, approaches infinity. This
Additional should be made more Our reviewers
Problems, Exercise explicit in the printed accepted this
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In this problem we are
asked to find the magnetic
field in the iron core of a
solenoid that is being run at
2A, but at no point are we
given information about the
turn density of the
solenoid. Note that the
solenoid was referenced as
Ch 14: Inductance, "the solenoid in the Thank you for
Additional proceeding problem", and the feedback!
Problems, Exercise perhaps #76 was updated, We've corrected
77 stranding #77. this error. Other
Ch 14: Inductance,
Challenge Our reviewers
Problems, Exercise The figure referenced in accepted this
85 exercise 85 is missing. change. None
Ch 15: Alternating- Part B has the amplitude
Current Circuits, incorrect, it is listing the Thank you for
Additional inductive reactance rather the feedback!
Problems, Exercise than the current. See We've corrected
49 attached. this error. None
Ch 15: Alternating-
Current Circuits,
Additional This is an AC circuit, not a Our reviewers
Problems, Exercise DC circuit, as claimed in accepted this
49 the problem. change. Typo
Ch 15: Alternating-
Current Circuits, Thank you for
Sec 3: RLC Series The answer to part C does the feedback!
Circuits with AC, not include the phase angle We've corrected Incorrect calculation
Exercise 29 found in part B. this error. or solution
Ch 15: Alternating-
Current Circuits, Thank you for
Sec 5: Resonance I believe the book answer the feedback!
in an AC Circuit, is off by a factor of 10. See We've corrected Incorrect calculation
Exercise 37 attached. this error. or solution
Ch 15: Alternating-
Current Circuits, Thank you for
Sec 5: Resonance The word "constant" in part the feedback!
in an AC Circuit, B should instead be We've corrected
Exercise 41 "resonant" this error. Typo
Students are asked to
solve "by what fraction
would [force] be reduced",
which is a messy metric, if I
dropped to 25%, would I be
reduced by 75%? The
Ch 16: answer in the key (0.431)
Electromagnetic gives the ratio of the final Thank you for
Waves, Additional force to the initial force, the feedback! General/pedagogical
Problems, Exercise which is a cleaner way of We've corrected suggestion or
101 asking for the information. this error. question
Ch 16: Answer to part B is given
Electromagnetic as 4.34E-11 T, but since it
Waves, Sec 5: The is part A (1.333 V/m) Thank you for
Electromagnetic divided by 3E8, the correct the feedback!
Spectrum, Exercise answer should be 4.44E-11 We've corrected
85 T. this error. Typo