HomeworkInstructions&SignificantFigures

Homeworkisdueinclass,withinthefirst10minutesofclass.
Latehomeworkwillnotbeaccepted.Earlyhomeworkwillnotbeaccepted.Homeworkwillnotbe
acceptedbyfaxoremail.
Forthepaper:
usestandardsizepaper,8.5by11.
useonlyonesideofpaper.
canuseengineeringpaper,butitisnotrequired.
canuserecycledpaper.
donotusepapertornfromaspiralnotebook.

Clearlywriteyournameinupperrightportionoffirstpage:FirstLast

Clearlyidentifycourseandhomeworknumberinuppermiddlepartoffirstpage
(e.g.ME4293HW#1)

Stapleallpagestogetherintheupperleftcornerofpage.

Solveoneproblemperpage.

Beneatandlogical.

Whenappropriate:
Makesketchof:
System
Controlvolume
Freebodydiagram,etc.
Clearlylabelentities(usesubscripts,showonsketch,etc.)
Describewheredatawastaken(e.g.fromTableA11)
Stateimportantassumptions
Workinsymbolsaslongaspossible,beforesubstitutingnumericvalue
Substitutevalueswithunitsandshowhowunitscanceltogivefinalanswer
Writeanotetotellgradertolookonnextpageifneeded

Roundofffinalanswerto3(sometimes4)significantfigures.

Clearlyidentifyyouranswer:
Usebox
Useequationformat
Onleftsideofequalsign,whatyousolvedfor
Onrightsideofequalsign,numericvaluewithunits

Examples:

Commonmistakes:

Nounits Noequation Excessivedigits

Order Runonequation Nobox

Itisrecommendedthatyoureviewtheinformationinthebeginningofmostphysicsorfundamental
engineeringtextbooks.Theyoftenhaveexcellentwriteupsonproblemsolving,units,calculations,etc.
SeethenextfewpagesfromtheStaticstextbookbyHibbelerandthePhysicstextbookbyYoungand
Freedman.


1.5 Numerical Calculations 1.5 Uncertainty and Significant Figures