American River Software
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Serway & Beichner
The downloadable files below, in PDF format, contain answers to selected exercises from the 5th edition, chapters 1 - 24. They were written using Windows Journal and a Windows Tablet PC. To download an individual chapter PDF file to your computer, click on a chapter heading below, and then save the file when prompted. Or, to download the entire solution set in one file (20 MB), click on the "Combined Solutions" link below.
Part I Mechanics
Chapter 1 - Physics and Measurement
Chapter 2 - Motion in One Dimension
Chapter 4 - Motion in Two Dimensions
Chapter 5 - The Laws of Motion
Chapter 6 - Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton's Laws
Chapter 7 - Work and Kinetic Energy
Chapter 8 - Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
Chapter 9 - Linear Momentum and Collisions
Chapter 10 - Rotation of a Rigid Body About a Fixed Axis
Chapter 11 - Rolling Motion and Angular Momentum
Chapter 12 - Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
Chapter 13 - Oscillatory Motion
Chapter 14 - The Law of Gravity
Part II Mechanical Waves
Chapter 18 - Superposition and Standing Waves
Part III Thermodynamics
Chapter 20 - Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
Chapter 21 - The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Chapter 22 - Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Part IV Electricity and Magnetism