| How to Use This Book | ix |
| Barron's Essential 5 | x |
| Introduction | 1 |
| How to Review for the AP Physics Exam | 1 |
| Revisions to the 2025 Exam | 1 |
| Guide to This Review Book | 1 |
| Graphical Analysis of Data | 3 |
| Description of the AP Physics C Exam | 3 |
| Other Uses of This Book | 4 |
| What Do You Think? | 4 |
| Diagnostic Test | 5 |
| Answer Explanations: Mechanics | 28 |
| Answer Explanations: Electricity and Magnetism | 37 |
| Background | 47 |
| Vectors | 47 |
| Unit Analysis | 51 |
| Problem-Solving Techniques | 51 |
| Kinematics | 53 |
| Definitions: One Dimension | 53 |
| Summary of Equations: One Dimension | 60 |
| Problem Solving: One Dimension | 61 |
| Definitions: Two Dimensions | 61 |
| Problem Solving: Two Dimensions | 64 |
| Projectile Motion | 65 |
| Relative Position, Velocity, and Acceleration | 72 |
| Uniform Circular Motion | 75 |
| Acceleration In Nonuniform Circular Motion | 78 |
| Practice Exercises | 79 |
| Answer Explanations | 83 |
| Newton's Laws | 87 |
| Mass vs Weight | 89 |
| General Approach to Solving Newton's Law Problems | 92 |
| Motion with Resistive Forces | 104 |
| Practice Exercises | 108 |
| Answer Explanations | 111 |
| Work, Energy, and Power | 119 |
| Work | 119 |
| Conservative and Nonconservative Forces | 123 |
| Gravitational Potential Energy | 124 |
| Spring Force (Hooke's Law) | 125 |
| Elastic Potential Energy | 126 |
| Unification of Gravitational and Elastic Potential Energy | 127 |
| Power | 129 |
| Solving Conservation of Energy Problems (Equation Summary) | 132 |
| Practice Exercises | 134 |
| Answer Explanations | 137 |
| Linear Momentum and Center of Mass | 143 |
| Momentum | 143 |
| Center of Mass | 151 |
| Practice Exercises | 156 |
| Answer Explanations | 160 |
| Rotation I: Kinematics, Force, Work, and Energy | 165 |
| The Motivation for Developing New Parameters | 165 |
| Fundamental Equations of Angular Kinematics | 167 |
| The Relationships Between Angular and Linear Quantities | 167 |
| Rotational Kinetic Energy | 168 |
| Torque | 169 |
| Rotational Analog of Newton's Second Law | 170 |
| Work Done by an External Force | 171 |
| Power Associated with a Torque | 173 |
| Equation Summary with Translational Analogs | 173 |
| Problem Solving | 174 |
| Practice Exercises | 176 |
| Answer Explanations | 179 |
| Rotation II: Inertia, Equilibrium, and Combined Rotation/Translation | 185 |
| Parallel Axis Theorem | 190 |
| Angular Momentum | 191 |
| Rolling Without Slipping | 195 |
| Static Equilibrium for Extended Objects | 199 |
| Practice Exercises | 203 |
| Answer Explanations | 208 |
| Simple Harmonic Motion | 215 |
| Problem Solving: Calculating the Angular Frequency of Oscillation | 218 |
| Problem Solving: Using Energy Conservation | 222 |
| Practice Exercises | 225 |
| Answer Explanations | 229 |
| Universal Gravitation | 233 |
| Gravitation Due to Spherically Symmetric Mass Distributions | 233 |
| Relating g to G | 236 |
| Gravitational Field | 237 |
| Kepler's Third Law | 238 |
| Gravitational Potential Energy | 238 |
| Practice Exercises | 243 |
| Answer Explanations | 247 |
| Electrostatics | 251 |
| Coulomb's Law | 251 |
| The Concept of Fields: Gravitational Fields and Electric Fields | 253 |
| Potential and Voltage | 257 |
| Calculating the Potential Due to a Continuous Charge Density: A General Approach | 263 |
| Direct Conversion Between Electric Field and Potential | 267 |
| Calculating the Electric Field Due to a Continuous Charge Density: A General Approach | 268 |
| Practice Exercises | 276 |
| Answer Explanations | 281 |
| Gauss's Law | 289 |
| The Concept of Flux | 289 |
| Gauss's Law | 290 |
| Practice Exercises | 302 |
| Answer Explanations | 306 |
| Capacitors | 309 |
| Qualitative Introduction to Capacitors | 309 |
| Capacitance | 310 |
| Practice Exercises | 317 |
| Answer Explanations | 320 |
| Analysis of Circuits Containing Batteries, Resistors, and Capacitors | 325 |
| Conventional Current | 326 |
| Current Density and Drift Velocity | 326 |
| Resistance | 328 |
| Voltmeters and Ammeters | 335 |
| Analysis of Circuits Containing Multiple Batteries: Kirchhoff's Laws | 335 |
| Kirchhoff's Laws | 335 |
| RC Circuits | 342 |
| General Approach to Deriving Equations for RC Circuits | 342 |
| Discharging a Capacitor | 342 |
| Charging a Capacitor | 344 |
| Time Constants | 346 |
| Practice Exercises | 348 |
| Answer Explanations | 352 |
| Magnetic Fields | 357 |
| What Is a Magnetic Field? | 357 |
| Problem Solving: Mass Spectrometer Problems | 361 |
| Sources of Magnetic Fields | 362 |
| Ampere's Law | 370 |
| Problem Solving: How to Apply Ampere's Law | 371 |
| Practice Exercises | 375 |
| Answer Explanations | 380 |
| Electromagnetism | 383 |
| Calculating the Magnetic Flux Φ ß | 383 |
| Faraday's Law | 384 |
| Lenz's Law and Determining the Direction of the EMF | 390 |
| Maxwell's Equations | 393 |
| Practice Exercises | 395 |
| Answer Explanations | 399 |
| Inductors | 405 |
| Qualitative Understanding of Self-Inductance | 405 |
| Quantitative Definition of Self-Inductance | 406 |
| Energy Stored in an Inductor | 406 |
| RL Circuits (Circuits Containing Inductors and Resistors) | 407 |
| LC Circuits (Circuits Containing a Capacitor and an Inductor) | 412 |
| Practice Exercises | 417 |
| Answer Explanations | 422 |
| Answer Explanations: Mechanics | 450 |
| Answer Explanations: Electricity and Magnetism | 457 |
| Answer Explanations: Mechanics | 491 |
| Answer Explanations: Electricity and Magnetism | 497 |
| Appendix: Physics C Equations and Constants | 508 |
| Index | 512 |
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