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PHY 191 Competencies
  1. Determine physical quantities:
    1. Solve problems involving system of units and measurements.
    2. Convert measurements between systems.
    3. Solve problems involving vectors.
  2. Analyze forces:
    1. Analyze forces in equilibrium.
    2. Solve problems involving frictional forces.
    3. Analyze forces in motion.
  3. Analyze bodies moving with velocity and/or acceleration:
    1. Solve problems involving bodies with linear motion.
    2. Analyze motion with gravity.
    3. Analyze bodies with circular motion.
  4. Analyze the conservation of energy:
    1. Analyze the work performed on bodies.
    2. Analyze the energy in a system.
  5. Analyze the conservation of momentum:
    1. Determine the impulse of a body during a collision.
    2. Analyze the collision of bodies.
    3. Solve problems involving the recoil motion of bodies.
  6. Analyze bodies undergoing rotational motion:
    1. Determine the angular velocity of bodies in motion.
    2. Solve problems involving the angular acceleration of bodies in motion.
    3. Analyze the energy of rotation.