Problem Of The Week

Welcome to Problem Of The Week! The MSJ Physics Club Officers will post a physics-related problem each week that can span from conceptual questions to computational physics questions. These questions will typically be in the curriculum of AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, or AP Physics C, including both Mechanics and E&M. The problem of the week’s purpose is to allow students to engage with enlightening and interesting physics problems so that they not only use their critical thinking skills, but also have a chance to collaborate with other peers in the physics club. In each weekly meeting, the officers will present a solution to that week’s problem. All problems in a school year will be posted in this page, but we keep the previous years in the archive. The Problem Of The Week will not continue over summer and will restart at the beginning of each school year. All POTW Solutions can be found here.

Sample POTW:

A ball rolls from the back of a large truck traveling 10.0 m/s to the right. The ball is traveling horizontally at 8.0 m/s to the left relative to the ground. The ball lands on the roadway 1.25 m below its starting level. How far behind the truck does it land?

Here is this week’s Problem Of The Week:

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Below are the previous Problem Of The Weeks, feel free to attempt them:

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