AP® PHYSICS 1 TABLE OF INFORMATION

CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS

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Proton mass, mp 1.67 10 kg Electron charge magnitude, e 1.60 10 19
C
27
Neutron mass, mn 1.67 10 kg Coulomb’s law constant, k 14 0 9.0 10 9 N m 2 C 2
31 Universal gravitational
Electron mass, me 9.11 10 kg G 6.67 10 11 m 3 kg s2
constant,
Acceleration due to gravity
Speed of light, c 3.00 108 m s g 9.8 m s2
at Earth’s surface,

meter, m kelvin, K watt, W degree Celsius, C

UNIT kilogram, kg hertz, Hz coulomb, C
SYMBOLS second, s newton, N volt, V
ampere, A joule, J ohm,

PREFIXES VALUES OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS FOR COMMON ANGLES

Factor Prefix Symbol
0 30 37 45 53 60 90
1012 tera T
sin 0 12 35 2 2 45 32 1
10 9 giga G
10 6 mega M cos 1 32 45 2 2 35 12 0
10 3 kilo k tan 0 3 3 34 1 43 3
2 centi c
10
3 milli m
10 The following conventions are used in this exam.
6 micro I. The frame of reference of any problem is assumed to be inertial unless
10
otherwise stated.
10 9 nano n II. Assume air resistance is negligible unless otherwise stated.
10 12 pico p III. In all situations, positive work is defined as work done on a system.
IV. The direction of current is conventional current: the direction in which
positive charge would drift.
V. Assume all batteries and meters are ideal unless otherwise stated.

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 AP® PHYSICS 1 EQUATIONS
MECHANICS GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY

x x0 ax t a = acceleration Rectangle A = area

A = amplitude A bh C = circumference
1 2 d = distance V = volume
x x0 x0 t at
2 x E = energy S = surface area
Triangle
2 2 f = frequency b = base
2ax x x0 1
x x0 F = force A bh h = height
2
F Fnet I = rotational inertia = length
a K = kinetic energy w = width
m m Circle
k = spring constant r = radius
Ff Fn L = angular momentum A r2
= length C 2 r
2
m = mass Right triangle
ac
r P = power Rectangular solid c2 a2 b2
p = momentum
p mv V wh a
r = radius or separation sin
T = period c
p F t Cylinder
t = time b
V r2 cos
1 2 U = potential energy c
K mv
2 V = volume S 2 r 2 r2 a
v = speed tan
E W Fd Fd cos b
W = work done on a system
x = position Sphere c
E a
P y = height 4 3
t V r q 90
= angular acceleration 3
b
1 2 = coefficient of friction S 4 r2
0 0t t
2 = angle
0 t = density
= torque
x A cos 2 ft = angular speed
net
I I Ug mg y
r F rF sin 2 1
T
f
L I
L t m
Ts 2
k
1 2
K I
2 Tp 2
g
Fs kx
m1m2
Fg G
1 2 r2
Us kx
2 Fg
g
m m
V
Gm1m2
UG
r

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