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HW Instructions and Sig Figs

Homework is due within the first 10 minutes of class and will not be accepted late or electronically. Assignments should be typed on standard paper with the student's name, course, and homework number identified. Problems should each be solved on a separate page and stapled together. Calculations should show units and assumptions, work symbolically before substituting values, and round final answers to 3-4 significant figures by boxing the response. Textbooks provide guidance on best practices for engineering problem solving and calculations.

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HW Instructions and Sig Figs

Homework is due within the first 10 minutes of class and will not be accepted late or electronically. Assignments should be typed on standard paper with the student's name, course, and homework number identified. Problems should each be solved on a separate page and stapled together. Calculations should show units and assumptions, work symbolically before substituting values, and round final answers to 3-4 significant figures by boxing the response. Textbooks provide guidance on best practices for engineering problem solving and calculations.

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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

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