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  1. Read the problem carefully.\u00a0 Take a deep breathe and read it again.\u00a0 Think about how the problem correlates with the theory you already know or is being studied at the time.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Make a table of the data in the problem using standard abbreviations for the variables<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Draw a large scale free body diagram and any other diagrams that might be necessary.\u00a0 This drawing must be clear and easy to read and anaylze.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Apply the relevant principles.\u00a0 You will likely be using an equation for this.\u00a0 Write out the equation first with the variables.\u00a0 Avoid putting your numerical values right away.\u00a0 When you write out an equation make sure the dimensions are consistent.<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. Solve the necessary equations. It is a good practice in this textbook to find your final answer to three significant figures, even if the original numerical values were given to only one significant figure.<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. Review your final answer.\u00a0 Ask yourself whether it seems reasonable or not.\u00a0 Use your common sense.\u00a0 Use your technical judgement. Does the answer seem much too big or much too small?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"

    The best way to learn engineering is to solve problems.<\/p>\n

    This whole course is devoted to problem solving.<\/p>\n

    We recommend a five step procedure.<\/p>\n

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    1. Read the problem carefully.\u00a0 Take a deep breathe and read it again.\u00a0 Think about how the problem correlates with the theory you already know or is being studied at the time.<\/li>\n
    2. Make a table of the data in the problem using standard abbreviations for the variables<\/li>\n
    3. Draw a large scale free body diagram and any other diagrams that might be necessary.\u00a0 This drawing must be clear and easy to read and anaylze.<\/li>\n
    4. Apply the relevant principles.\u00a0 You will likely be using an equation for this.\u00a0 Write out the equation first with the variables.\u00a0 Avoid putting your numerical values right away.\u00a0 When you write out an equation make sure the dimensions are consistent.<\/li>\n
    5. Solve the necessary equations. It is a good practice in this textbook to find your final answer to three significant figures, even if the original numerical values were given to only one significant figure.<\/li>\n
    6. Review your final answer.\u00a0 Ask yourself whether it seems reasonable or not.\u00a0 Use your common sense.\u00a0 Use your technical judgement. Does the answer seem much too big or much too small?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-84","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":161,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/84\/revisions\/85"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/161"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/84\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/bcengrphys3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}