Hotl Physics

P ROBLEM
WORKBOOK

Holt Physics
Problem Workbook
This workbook contains additional worked-out samples and practice problems for each of the problem types from the Holt Physics text.
Contributing Writers
Boris M. Korsunsky
Physics Instructor
Science Department
Northfield Mount Hermon School
Northfield, MA
Angela Berenstein
Science Writer
Urbana, IL
John Stokes
Science Writer
Socorro, NM

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Cover Design: Jason Wilson
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Contents
Section

Title

Page

Metric Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Sample and Practice 2A

Average Velocity and Displacement

Sample and Practice 2B

Average Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Sample and Practice 2C

Displacement with Constant Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Sample and Practice 2D

Velocity and Displacement with Constant
Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Sample and Practice 2E

Final Velocity After Any Displacement

Sample and Practice 2F

Falling Object

Sample and Practice 3A

Finding Resultant Magnitude and Direction . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sample and Practice 3B

Resolving Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .