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AP Physics C: Mechanics

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AP Physics C: Mechanics is the calculus-based version: kinematics, forces, work, energy and power, momentum, torque and rotation, and oscillations. It covers less ground than Physics 1 but goes much deeper, and calculus is not decoration — it is how the results are derived and how the exam expects them to be used.

In practice: integrate to get a total from a varying quantity, and differentiate from position to velocity to acceleration, comfortably and without being prompted.

Rotational dynamics is where time goes, because moments of inertia must be set up as integrals rather than recalled.

The notes take each unit in CED order with the calculus set out in full. Released past papers and scoring guidelines sit in the library. Because so many marks ride on the setup rather than the arithmetic, the worked examples deliberately show the integral being built before it is evaluated.

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  • 1

    Kinematics

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    • 1.1 Scalars and Vectors
    • 1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
    • 1.3 Representing Motion
    • 1.4 Reference Frames and Relative Motion
    • 1.5 Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
    • 1.5 Exam tips
  • 2

    Force and Translational Dynamics

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    • 2.1 Systems and Center of Mass
    • 2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
    • 2.3 Newton's Third Law
    • 2.4 Newton's First Law
    • 2.5 Newton's Second Law
    • 2.6 Gravitational Force
    • 2.7 Kinetic and Static Friction
    • 2.8 Spring Forces
    • 2.9 Resistive Forces
    • 2.10 Circular Motion
    • 2.10 Exam tips
  • 3

    Work, Energy, and Power

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    • 3.1 Translational Kinetic Energy
    • 3.2 Work
    • 3.3 Potential Energy
    • 3.4 Conservation of Energy
    • 3.5 Power
    • 3.5 Exam tips
  • 4

    Linear Momentum

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    • 4.1 Linear Momentum
    • 4.2 Change in Momentum and Impulse
    • 4.3 Conservation of Linear Momentum
    • 4.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
    • 4.4 Exam tips
  • 5

    Torque and Rotational Dynamics

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    • 5.1 Rotational Kinematics
    • 5.2 Connecting Linear and Rotational Motion
    • 5.3 Torque
    • 5.4 Rotational Inertia
    • 5.5 Rotational Equilibrium
    • 5.6 Newton's Second Law in Rotational Form
    • 5.6 Exam tips
  • 6

    Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems

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    • 6.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy
    • 6.2 Torque and Work
    • 6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse
    • 6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
    • 6.5 Rolling
    • 6.6 Motion of Orbiting Satellites
    • 6.6 Exam tips
  • 7

    Oscillations

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    • 7.1 Defining Simple Harmonic Motion
    • 7.2 Frequency and Period of SHM
    • 7.3 Representing and Analyzing SHM
    • 7.4 Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
    • 7.5 Simple and Physical Pendulums
    • 7.5 Exam tips

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