Estimating gas mileage: An example of order-of-magnitude physics

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dc.creatorMahajan, Sanjoy
dc.date2005-12-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:56:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:56:19Z
dc.descriptionI discuss how to estimate the gas mileage of a car. This discussion, which covers air resistance and Reynolds numbers, describes one way to introduce dimensional analysis and order-of-magnitude physics into introductory physics (if only the syllabus would allow it). It is part teacher's guide and part textbook chapter -- I hope not the worst parts of each.
dc.descriptionplain TeX with eplain, 12 pages, 4 figures, free/open-source license (OSL 3.0); based on a talk at the 121st AAPT National Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, 31 July 2000 (see http://www.aapt.org/AbstractSearch/FullAbstract.cfm?KeyID=8454)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512209
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512209
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/106593
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.titleEstimating gas mileage: An example of order-of-magnitude physics
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