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The Tutor and Student worked through practice problems covering electric potential, electric fields, work done in electric fields, capacitor circuits with dielectrics, Kirchhoff's laws for circuit analysis, magnetic forces on current-carrying wires, and motional EMF. The session involved problem-solving and conceptual review in preparation for an upcoming final exam.

The Tutor and Student reviewed concepts related to heat, specific heat capacity, and phase changes. They practiced applying these concepts through examples and problem-solving, focusing on understanding heating curves and the energy involved in phase transitions. The Tutor assigned practice questions for future review.

The session focused on kinematics, including speed, velocity, acceleration, displacement, and the application of kinematic equations. The student practiced solving problems related to average speed, average velocity, and displacement, including scenarios requiring unit conversions and the Pythagorean theorem. The student and Tutor also reviewed potential and kinetic energy, the work-energy theorem, and the law of conservation of energy.

The Student and Tutor reviewed position-time graphs, focusing on interpreting slopes to determine motion (forward, backward, stopped) and calculating average and instantaneous velocities. They also touched upon curved graphs related to acceleration and practiced using kinematic equations for free-fall problems, with the Tutor planning to send additional practice worksheets.

The tutor and student reviewed physics concepts related to force resolution on inclined planes and circular motion. They practiced drawing free-body diagrams, applying trigonometric functions to find force components, and setting up equations for net force and acceleration. Homework assignments were provided for further practice.

The Tutor and Student reviewed the principles of conservative and non-conservative forces, leading into the conservation of mechanical energy. They worked through examples of a falling rock and a roller coaster to illustrate energy transformation and applied these concepts to solve a problem involving circular motion and energy in a roller coaster loop, and discussed a spring and loop energy problem.