PHYS 224 Basic Physics III (2006 Fall) Jump to Quick Reference, PHYS224-Home

General Conventions to be Used

General Approach/Layout: Your work should be laid out in a neat, logical manner on the page and should contain all the necessary steps to the final solution. Your final answer should be the final item on the page, or otherwise clearly marked. [Failure to do so will result in a deduction of points]

Significant Figures: Your final answer should be expressed to the appropriate number of significant figures. [Failure to do so will result in a deduction of points]

Scientific Notation & S.I. Prefixes: Unless otherwise instructed, your final answer should make use of Scientific Notation (or "powers of ten notation") and/or the common S.I. prefixes (see below). [Failure to do so may result in a deduction of points]

Units: Assuming it is not a unitless quantity, your final answer must contain the appropriate (S.I.) units. Unless otherwise instructed, you may make use of the standard S.I. prefixes. [Failure to do so may result in a deduction of points]

Errors: Where appropriate, your answer should contain the appropriate uncertainty (which have been propagated throughout your calculations).