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

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2005-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512209v1

Physics

Physics Education

plain TeX with eplain, 12 pages, 4 figures, free/open-source license (OSL 3.0); based on a talk at the 121st AAPT National Mee

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I 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.

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