Physics tutor near me in St Petersburg, FL

The student and tutor reviewed Newton's second law, specifically focusing on centrifugal force and applying Newton's second law to problems involving elevators and connected masses. They also touched upon Newton's third law and problem-solving techniques for systems of objects. The next session is scheduled for Friday.

The tutor and student worked through several physics problems covering circuit simplification, Ohm's law, Newton's laws of motion, static electricity, and wave properties. They also practiced problem-solving using concepts like conservation of momentum and heat transfer, and reviewed material from a benchmark exam paper.

The Student and Tutor practiced graphing linear inequalities. The Student worked on converting equations to inequalities and solving word problems with inequalities. The next session is confirmed for the following day.

The student reviewed concepts of work, energy (kinetic and potential), Newton's laws of motion, and conservation of momentum in preparation for an exam. They discussed the application of these concepts to problems involving forces, collisions, and motion. The tutor assigned practice problems related to collision and conservation of energy, and suggested the student clarify if rotational motion concepts would be tested.

The session covered magnetic fields, forces on moving charges, and torque on a current-carrying loop in a magnetic field. The student practiced applying the right-hand thumb rule and Fleming's left-hand rule to determine the direction of magnetic forces. Homework was assigned to practice cross-product calculations and apply learned concepts to a problem.

The session covered statics, focusing on calculating equivalent resultant forces and their locations in a distributed load system. The Student and Tutor worked through a problem involving a beam with a linearly varying distributed load and a concentrated force. The Tutor assigned the Student to review the chapter on rigid bodies and free body diagrams, with plans to cover the concepts in more detail in the next session before tackling further problems.