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Title: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: awesome2damax on November 10, 2010, 01:37:33 pm
What do you think about this years!!!!!
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Johnvay on November 10, 2010, 01:41:41 pm
Kind of easy and hard at the same time
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Munkea on November 10, 2010, 01:43:42 pm
Found it quite easy overall. Only a few questions that threw me off a tad honestly.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Sheen on November 10, 2010, 01:48:50 pm
except the X-ray question, the rest are fairly simple to me..
and that X-ray Q,, fck me... i think i lost all 5 points of that question
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 01:49:01 pm
woops didnt see there was already a thread... )=

what did you guys do for the circuit.. i got thrown off

anyone want me to attempt solutions? i got an exam
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Munkea on November 10, 2010, 01:51:47 pm
woops didnt see there was already a thread... )=

what did you guys do for the circuit.. i got thrown off

anyone want me to attempt solutions? i got an exam

You had to wire up the circuit in series to give an overall resistance of 96 ohms.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: curious111 on November 10, 2010, 01:51:55 pm
Circuit was meant to e connected in series i think.

Anyone remember a number like 24000 for the photon energy question?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Sheen on November 10, 2010, 01:52:53 pm
woops didnt see there was already a thread... )=

what did you guys do for the circuit.. i got thrown off

-3- 48+48=96ohms?
so its a circuit in series..?
im not sure
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 01:53:30 pm
it was in series but i didnt know how to draw it )=
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Munkea on November 10, 2010, 01:54:41 pm
it was in series but i didnt know how to draw it )=

Just a diagonal line connecting the two open points
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 01:56:50 pm
it was in series but i didnt know how to draw it )=

Just a diagonal line connecting the two open points

damn there goes two marks.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 01:57:56 pm
What was the physical law you use to construct the graph in question 8
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: zackyjack on November 10, 2010, 01:58:24 pm
woops didnt see there was already a thread... )=

what did you guys do for the circuit.. i got thrown off

-3- 48+48=96ohms?
so its a circuit in series..?
im not sure

I said that they were in series, so 600W
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: zackyjack on November 10, 2010, 01:58:42 pm
What was the physical law you use to construct the graph in question 8

I said Faraday's Law.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: jayna on November 10, 2010, 01:59:30 pm
What was the physical law you use to construct the graph in question 8

I said Faraday's Law.
I said lenz's?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 01:59:35 pm
What was the physical law you use to construct the graph in question 8

I said Faraday's Law.

I was thinking conservation of energy... )=
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: zackyjack on November 10, 2010, 02:00:02 pm
woops didnt see there was already a thread... )=

what did you guys do for the circuit.. i got thrown off

anyone want me to attempt solutions? i got an exam
Whatlol, I'd love to see the transmission questions worked out, after they make the final power 4W and you have to work back to find the voltage.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: byr0003 on November 10, 2010, 02:00:25 pm
It would be Lenz's law..
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Sheen on November 10, 2010, 02:00:30 pm
What was the physical law you use to construct the graph in question 8

I said Faraday's Law.
fck i wrote some random... like Lenz's Law
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 02:00:50 pm
it's gotta be lenz's law. negative gradient of flux change
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: jayna on November 10, 2010, 02:01:44 pm
It was just one mark anyway..
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: curious111 on November 10, 2010, 02:02:43 pm
Surely they should accept both Faraday's and Lenz's? They are both relevant to the graph.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Galvanic Cell on November 10, 2010, 02:03:10 pm
I thought Lenzs law was just the direction? And faradays was that it was the gradient?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: John President on November 10, 2010, 02:03:25 pm
I said Faraday's law. Lenz's law only gives the direction of the current, not the magnitude of the induced EMF for each section of the graph.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: eOkee on November 10, 2010, 02:05:45 pm
magnetism put me off, but the rest was good (Y)
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Linkage1992 on November 10, 2010, 02:10:39 pm
Your graph had to start of negative and then go to positive.
For this, you would have to state Lenzs law.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 02:12:24 pm
Your graph had to start of negative and then go to positive.
For this, you would have to state Lenzs law.

itute helper says faradays. hmm i went with lenz..
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: rubiks on November 10, 2010, 02:13:58 pm
I went with faraday's law. It was asking about the graph which faraday's law states is the negative rate of change of flux. How could it be lenz's?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Linkage1992 on November 10, 2010, 02:15:18 pm
Lenzs law adds the negative in front of the N, doesn't it? Otherwise it is faradays law...
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: John President on November 10, 2010, 02:16:56 pm
Wouldn't be surprising if they accepted both.

I'm looking pretty good with the iTute answers so far...
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: kenhung123 on November 10, 2010, 02:24:42 pm
Isnt Lenz like magnitude + direction and faraday is only magnitude therefore Lenz?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: j43768 on November 10, 2010, 02:26:59 pm
lenz's gives the induced current to oppose a change in flux.
and from wikipedia - Faraday's law of induction indicates that the induced electromotive force (emf) and the change in flux have opposite signs, and it also gives the direction of the induced (emf) and current resulting from electromagnetic induction.

so i said faradays'
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: physics on November 10, 2010, 02:28:59 pm
for the very very first question is it n on the left and s on the right :( ..thats what i got
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 02:31:01 pm
for the very very first question is it n on the left and s on the right :( ..thats what i got

is this the force question?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: physics on November 10, 2010, 02:31:48 pm
the first first question ::( the one about drawing the lines.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: coletrain on November 10, 2010, 02:32:19 pm
can someone upload the paper?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: SixWinged on November 10, 2010, 02:34:36 pm
It was Faraday's, I puzzled over it for awhile but since no values were given on the axis and no indication of which way the volt meter was wired constructing a graph of the negative emf is potentially just as correct. Using that logic Lenz's law doesn't help, so it was Faraday's.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Greggler on November 10, 2010, 02:36:17 pm
lenz has nmtohing to do with emf....
faraday is the law that emf=change in flux/change in time

im pretty sure it could only be faradays

Apart from that i think i lost about 2 marks in each section. Couldnt do the X-Ray one, kept getting 600 even though i gound the wavelength and momemtun and stuff ><
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: supernatural on November 10, 2010, 02:37:04 pm
it's gotta be lenz's law. negative gradient of flux change
yeh thats faradays law
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: physics on November 10, 2010, 02:37:43 pm
when u drew the graph ..if u did the negative diff of it then its lenzs.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: physics on November 10, 2010, 02:38:16 pm
FARADAYS is without negaitve symbol
LENZ has negative symbol
O_O thats what VU lecture dude told me~~~
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 02:39:15 pm
I said both Faradays' and Lenz' laws. Because the emf as the flux decreased was opposite in direction and half the magnitude of the initial emf.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: SixWinged on November 10, 2010, 02:39:27 pm
when u drew the graph ..if u did the negative diff of it then its lenzs.

I maintain that you could acheive a negative EMF by wiring the opposite terminals of the volt meter up, so technically VCAA should give a positive or negative EMF correct. Using this logic Lenz's law isn't relevant to the graph.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: SixWinged on November 10, 2010, 02:40:25 pm
FARADAYS is without negaitve symbol
LENZ has negative symbol
O_O thats what VU lecture dude told me~~~

Lenz's IS the negative symbol, or more correctly it's the sign/direction of the emf where Faraday's is the magnitude.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't mean to double post.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: garliczombie on November 10, 2010, 02:40:47 pm
it was in series but i didnt know how to draw it )=

LMAO same. I just wrote down its in series. hope i get a mark for it
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Greggler on November 10, 2010, 02:41:55 pm
I did positive voltage at the start, then into a negative voltage? would i get a single mark for this atleast?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: physics on November 10, 2010, 02:44:18 pm
QUESTION! WAS THERE ANY FLUX IN QUESTION 2... MY HAND TOLD ME THERE WAS SO I ASSUME MY HAND WASNT LYING BUT ITUTE SAYS THAT IT WAS :"(
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: garliczombie on November 10, 2010, 02:44:36 pm
for the very very first question is it n on the left and s on the right :( ..thats what i got

yea im 95% sure you are correct. itute may have made a mistake
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 02:45:11 pm
It's faraday's for sure.

Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 02:45:28 pm
for the very very first question is it n on the left and s on the right :( ..thats what i got

yea im 95% sure you are correct. itute may have made a mistake

Yep, you're right physics. The field lines go from the left around to the right, I'm certain.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 02:45:49 pm
for the very very first question is it n on the left and s on the right :( ..thats what i got

yea im 95% sure you are correct. itute may have made a mistake

So the arrows go through the solenoid from right to left, don't see how itute is wrong.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: SixWinged on November 10, 2010, 02:45:55 pm
I did positive voltage at the start, then into a negative voltage? would i get a single mark for this atleast?

Personally I believe you're OK since no indication is given of which terminal of the voltage meter is hooked up to which wire, but don't be surprised if you lost 1 mark by VCAA marking standards.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 02:46:12 pm
QUESTION! WAS THERE ANY FLUX IN QUESTION 2... MY HAND TOLD ME THERE WAS SO I ASSUME MY HAND WASNT LYING BUT ITUTE SAYS THAT IT WAS :"(

the effective area of the plane was parallel to the mag.field. flux=field(area sintheta) = BAsin0 = OWb
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 02:47:14 pm
It's faraday's for sure.

Yeah it was Faraday's mostly. BUT you also had to use Lenz's law to get an emf opposite in direction for the second part. SO I wrote "Faraday's law (and Lenz's)"..
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 02:48:53 pm
the first first question ::( the one about drawing the lines.

oh yeah it was Left-North
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: physics on November 10, 2010, 02:49:49 pm
QUESTION! WAS THERE ANY FLUX IN QUESTION 2... MY HAND TOLD ME THERE WAS SO I ASSUME MY HAND WASNT LYING BUT ITUTE SAYS THAT IT WAS :"(

the effective area of the plane was parallel to the mag.field. flux=field(area sintheta) = BAsin0 = OWb
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :( (as in agreeing with you sorta no) damnnnnnnnndmamandndndndnd
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: nehcrow on November 10, 2010, 02:52:21 pm
Um, how many marks would I lose from the graph question if i confused the positive and negative parts around?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 02:53:58 pm
It's faraday's for sure.

Yeah it was Faraday's mostly. BUT you also had to use Lenz's law to get an emf opposite in direction for the second part. SO I wrote "Faraday's law (and Lenz's)"..


The negative part was from the negative in the formula, basically emf=negative gradient of flux(field) Vs time graph.

Gradient was positive for the first part and negative for the second, so the emf was negative, then positive...
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 02:57:50 pm
Faraday's law has no negative in it..

And I don't think it necessarily had to be negative then positive.. You don't know which way the voltmeter was connected.. So it could read positive then negative.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 03:04:12 pm
Faraday's law has no negative in it..

And I don't think it necessarily had to be negative then positive.. You don't know which way the voltmeter was connected.. So it could read positive then negative.

Yea the order didn't necessarily matter...

I guess you could be right...
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 03:11:48 pm
I don't know... wiki says that faraday's law states that:

Quote
The induced electromotive force (emf) in any closed circuit is equal to the time rate of change of the magnetic flux through the circuit.

No negative.. I always thought that Faraday's law only gave the magnitude.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 03:20:23 pm
hmm but if you scroll down it has the negative in his formula.

Even if I'm right, you put both so hopefully you get a mark. If you're right then I get 0 haha
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 03:33:01 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 03:34:50 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

You'll be fine, even if you lose it, 87 will most definitely still be an A+!!
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Zoffle on November 10, 2010, 03:35:38 pm
i'm sure faradays law outlined magnitude while lenz's law specified direction
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: qshyrn on November 10, 2010, 04:53:06 pm
I dunno if anyones mentioned this but the people that went to the VU PHYSICS LECTURE would have gotten a MASSIVE advantage if they listened to the guy...
he basically told us whats on the exam (he said that there was gonna be a 50% chance the xray/electron q was gonna on it and then told us about that diffraction pattern/similar wavelength) , and also a bunch of other stuff which i cant remember...
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: kyzoo on November 10, 2010, 04:59:22 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: physics on November 10, 2010, 05:01:44 pm
DID ANYONE SAY OBSERVATION1 :( its wrong wrong wrong >: (
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 05:02:44 pm
DID ANYONE SAY OBSERVATION1 :( its wrong wrong wrong >: (

i think its OB 2 , itute changed from 1 to 3. so who knows
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: waack on November 10, 2010, 05:03:20 pm
lenzs law does state that the emf is the neagtive gradient, no one is questioning that, BUT the question was asking about through the voltmeter so its irrelevant wat the voltage is doing in the loop it depends on the voltmeter i think they will excpet both
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 05:03:30 pm
It's observation 2 for sure hands down, will bet my left nut(ella) on it.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: waack on November 10, 2010, 05:04:39 pm
+1
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 05:20:33 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?

Um Geoff Davies ran the free VU lecture.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: kyzoo on November 10, 2010, 05:23:03 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?

Um Geoff Davies ran the free VU lecture.

0.o he's my physics teacher, he's epically pro =/

I think he also told our calss in like Term 3 that Lenz's law is faraday's law with engative sign on it =/ then he told us that lenz's law = direction and faraday's law = magnitude later on.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: d-ea-6 on November 10, 2010, 05:23:15 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?

Um Geoff Davies ran the free VU lecture.

Yeah, he teaches at Melbourne Grammar School (MGS) :P

It's observation 2 for sure hands down, will bet my left nut(ella) on it.

I sure hope you're right because I put down Observation 2 as well :D
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: tolybangn on November 10, 2010, 05:24:05 pm
can someone who has the exam please type up the verbatim instruction of the Faraday/Lenz law question??

Im almost certain that as I was reading it I knew that neither answer was a full explanation, and that both answers fit in accordance with the question (I believe it was along the lines of "what law was used to arrive at this graph" or something).

They really need to give the mark for either, in my opinion; the only way they could justify that one answer was correct is by using the "we are the VCAA and our interpretation is the only interpretation" argument.

(unrelated, but SERIOUSLY, last question of the GAT, asking us what ART OBJECTIVELY CONVEYS. They must think they are God or something.)
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Blakhitman on November 10, 2010, 05:24:30 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?

Um Geoff Davies ran the free VU lecture.

lol he ran the TSFX mid-year...got dropped ey  :buck2:

NO I'M OBVIOUSLY KIDDING derrrrr

Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 05:28:40 pm
He does both. He said that he got paid much less for the VU one, but he does it because he likes to help students. He even said that he gave us, the attendees of the free lecture, more material than those who went to TSFX :buck2: Admittedly, this exclusive material was mostly preworked formulas, with things such as e, h, etc substituted.. Not that useful.. but still ;D
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 05:30:48 pm
can someone who has the exam please type up the verbatim instruction of the Faraday/Lenz law question??

Im almost certain that as I was reading it I knew that neither answer was a full explanation, and that both answers fit in accordance with the question (I believe it was along the lines of "what law was used to arrive at this graph" or something).

They really need to give the mark for either, in my opinion; the only way they could justify that one answer was correct is by using the "we are the VCAA and our interpretation is the only interpretation" argument.

(unrelated, but SERIOUSLY, last question of the GAT, asking us what ART OBJECTIVELY CONVEYS. They must think they are God or something.)

Identify the physical law you used for constructing your graph
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: a.zirek on November 10, 2010, 06:40:10 pm
it's gotta be lenz's law. negative gradient of flux change

Ermm... Negative gradient of flux change is Faraday's Law.

Lenz's law is about induced current
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: kakar0t on November 10, 2010, 06:41:26 pm
it's gotta be lenz's law. negative gradient of flux change

Ermm... Negative gradient of flux change is Faraday's Law.

Lenz's law is about induced current

I thought the physical law was the law of electromagnetic induction... but i put down faradays
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 06:47:33 pm
It's my understanding that the negative was not in the emf formula until Lenz put it there. Geoff Davies, the MGS guy that I was talking about earlier, said that Lenz made a link between LeChatelier's principle and the induced current - he reasoned that systems oppose change.. So the direction of the induced current must be such that it opposes the change. Davies said he chucked a negative sign out front of Faraday's emf formula, and it then became Lenz's law, rather than Faraday's...

Anyway, the point I'm getting at is that this guy said that with the negative it's Lenz's and without it it's Faraday's..

Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: a.zirek on November 10, 2010, 06:48:19 pm
2005 VCAA Exam Question 15 asks:

'Compare and contrast Faraday's law and Lenz's Law.'

The answer:

'Faraday's Law gives the magnitude of the induced current, while Lenz's law gives the direction.'
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 06:55:01 pm
It's my understanding that the negative was not in the emf formula until Lenz put it there. Geoff Davies, the MGS guy that I was talking about earlier, said that Lenz made a link between LeChatelier's principle and the induced current - he reasoned that systems oppose change.. So the direction of the induced current must be such that it opposes the change. Davies said he chucked a negative sign out front of Faraday's emf formula, and it then became Lenz's law, rather than Faraday's...

Anyway, the point I'm getting at is that this guy said that with the negative it's Lenz's and without it it's Faraday's..



geoff davies? he's my teacher. lolz
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 06:57:53 pm
It's my understanding that the negative was not in the emf formula until Lenz put it there. Geoff Davies, the MGS guy that I was talking about earlier, said that Lenz made a link between LeChatelier's principle and the induced current - he reasoned that systems oppose change.. So the direction of the induced current must be such that it opposes the change. Davies said he chucked a negative sign out front of Faraday's emf formula, and it then became Lenz's law, rather than Faraday's...

Anyway, the point I'm getting at is that this guy said that with the negative it's Lenz's and without it it's Faraday's..



yeah he always bags lenz guy for apparently "just putting a negative sign" in faraday's eq. and end up winning a nobel prize himself. i dont remember him saying that faraday and lenz are the same though
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: minimum on November 10, 2010, 06:58:33 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?

Um Geoff Davies ran the free VU lecture.

lol he ran the TSFX mid-year...got dropped ey  :buck2:

NO I'M OBVIOUSLY KIDDING derrrrr





He took the end of the year Sound too ( if i remember right)
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Xavier1234 on November 10, 2010, 07:01:01 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?

Um Geoff Davies ran the free VU lecture.

lol he ran the TSFX mid-year...got dropped ey  :buck2:

NO I'M OBVIOUSLY KIDDING derrrrr





He took the end of the year Sound too ( if i remember right)

nah it was anthony novak. the guy who always delivered a 15minute hate speech against vcaa before lectures. wouldnt blame him one bit.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: tolybangn on November 10, 2010, 08:15:51 pm
can someone who has the exam please type up the verbatim instruction of the Faraday/Lenz law question??

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Identify the physical law you used for constructing your graph

Thanks; I think it proves my point.

I used both laws to construct my graph; I used Faraday's law to know the voltage was proportional to the change in flux, and I used Lenz's law to know that the line segments from 0 to 1 and from 2 to 4 (iirc) must be on opposite sides of the x axis (ie. one -ve, one +ve). Without both I could not have constructed my graph correctly.

The VCAA would be completely ignorant to even begin to argue that one answer is wrong.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: theuncle on November 10, 2010, 08:56:26 pm
You guys are saying the circuit was in series?
I thought it was in parallel, as this halves the effective resistance and hence gives a power of 600W which was half of the original 1200W element.
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: Whatlol on November 10, 2010, 08:58:14 pm
You guys are saying the circuit was in series?
I thought it was in parallel, as this halves the effective resistance and hence gives a power of 600W which was half of the original 1200W element.

yea had to be in series. P = V^2/R
P = 240^2 / 96 = 600W
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: m@tty on November 10, 2010, 08:59:07 pm
You guys are saying the circuit was in series?
I thought it was in parallel, as this halves the effective resistance and hence gives a power of 600W which was half of the original 1200W element.

It was in series. Halving the resistance doubles the current and . Sorry to break it to you.

You had to double the resistance, by putting the elements in series, which consequently halves the power. :)
Title: Re: Physics Exam 2 (End of Year) thoughts
Post by: minimum on November 22, 2010, 07:14:27 pm
What?.. Why does the equation not align with the explanation.. No matter.. Argh, I trusted the MGS guy at VU. He said Lenz's law is Faraday's with the negative >.<

I reckon a bastard examiner won't see what I meant and would penalise me for what he perceives as hedging my bets xD

MGS guy?

Um Geoff Davies ran the free VU lecture.

lol he ran the TSFX mid-year...got dropped ey  :buck2:

NO I'M OBVIOUSLY KIDDING derrrrr





He took the end of the year Sound too ( if i remember right)

nah it was anthony novak. the guy who always delivered a 15minute hate speech against vcaa before lectures. wouldnt blame him one bit.


oh truee that! but maybe Light then! im sure he was in something :/ maybe im thinking midyear then .