Video 16
Popular mistakes with conservation of energy
Duration: 12 min
In this video, I am going to discuss five frequent mistakes related to conservation of energy: confusing the units; accounting twice for the effect of gravity with a spring; getting confused with the signs; getting confused with the letters used in the formulas; and getting confused with the vocabulary used.
Practice Problem
[PDF - 3 pages - 237 KB]
Solution
[PDF - 1 page - 150 KB]
To obtain the password to the Solution, please contact the CCDMD at soutien@ccdmd.qc.ca, using your institutional email address.
