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The Student and Tutor reviewed problems related to conservation of angular momentum. They worked through calculations involving rotational inertia, angular velocity, and kinetic energy changes in coupled systems and objects moving on rotating platforms. The session concluded with a discussion of key formulas and a review of the Student's understanding for an upcoming exam.

The Student and Tutor reviewed fundamental concepts in electricity, including charge, current, and basic circuit components and their symbols. They discussed the nature of charge carriers, the definition and measurement of current, and the convention of current direction. The lesson also touched upon the distinction between electron drift velocity and signal propagation speed.

The Tutor and Student reviewed electromagnetic induction, focusing on Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law. They practiced applying these principles to calculate induced EMF and currents in various scenarios, including problems involving changing magnetic fields and loop properties. The session concluded with a discussion on upcoming topics and the student's upcoming exam.

The Student and Tutor reviewed physics concepts including vector displacement, calculation of magnitude and direction using trigonometry, and bearing. They also practiced problems related to average velocity, unit conversions, and electrical circuits, specifically focusing on series resistors and potential dividers, with the Student assigned additional practice.

The Tutor and Student delved into Hamilton's Principle of Least Action, exploring the concept of action as an integral of the Lagrangian (kinetic minus potential energy). They discussed how the actual path taken by a system is the one that minimizes or makes the action stationary, and how this can be applied using different parameters. They planned to explore the Euler-Lagrange equations and the emergence of Newton's laws from Hamilton's principle in the next session.

The Tutor and Student reviewed concepts related to capacitance, electrostatics, electric potential, and potential energy. They practiced solving various problems, including MCQs and complex circuit analysis using the ratio method, and discussed strategies for calculating electric potential energy by pairing charges. The session concluded with exam preparation advice.