Phys 4C Solutions to Homework and Exam Problems - 2025 Spring


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  • Chapter 33 homework solutions (E/M waves): click here.

  • Chapter 34 homework solutions (Geometrical optics: reflection and refraction): click here.

  • Chapter 35 homework solutions (Image formation: mirrors and lenses): To be posted here on 2/28.

    Above this is what students will need to prepare for Mid-Term Exam 1, on Chapters 33, 34, and 35, in class on March 5, 2025.









  • Four handouts will be handed out on the first day of class:

  • Review Maxwell's equations from Phys 4B in the Phys 4C textbook by Serway & Jewett:


  • Chapter 33 (E/M waves):

    • If you have difficulty reading the notes on the whiteboard or the PowerPoints shown in these videos, you may view them here or even download them:
  • Handouts for Monday (1/27) and Wednesday (1/29) include:

  • Chapter 34 (Geometrical optics: reflection and refraction):

    • If you have difficulty reading the notes on the whiteboard or the PowerPoints shown in these videos, you may view them here or even download them:

  • Chapter 35 (Image formation: mirrors and lenses):


    • If you have difficulty reading the notes on the whiteboard or the PowerPoints shown in these videos, you may view them here or even download them:

  • Practice Mid-Term Exam 1, on Chapters 33, 34, and 35: click here.

  • Practice Mid-Term Exam 1 SOLUTIONS, on Chapters 33, 34, and 35: click here.

  • Second practice Mid-Term Exam 1, on Chapters 33, 34, and 35: click here.

  • Second practice Mid-Term Exam 1 SOLUTIONS, on Chapters 33, 34, and 35: click here.


    • Above this is what students will need to prepare for Mid-Term Exam 1, on Chapters 33, 34, and 35, in class on March 5, 2025.




  • Chapter 36 (Interference of waves: wave optics):

    • If you have difficulty reading the notes on the whiteboard or the PowerPoints shown in these videos, you may view them here or even download them:

  • Chapter 37 (Diffraction and polarization):

    • If you have difficulty reading the notes on the whiteboard or the PowerPoints shown in these videos, you may view them here or even download them:



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