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(PHY2054C) Department of Physics, Florida State University
Introduction
Welcome:
We're happy to have you with us this semester. This course is the second semester of a two-semester
introductory physics sequence, and is intended to provide a general knowledge of the basic concepts of
physics relating to electricity and magnetism, optics, relativity, and modern physics. It shows to students how
useful physics is in their own lives and future professions. The level of mathematical skill necessary to
complete this course is a strong proficiency with algebra (especially word problems) and trigonometric
functions, but does not use calculus. Prerequisites: MAC 1114 (Trigonometry) and MAC 1140 (Algebra) with
grades of "C–" or better.
Textbook and i>clicker:
This course uses the Textbook: Nicholas J. Giordano, "College Physics: Reasoning and
Relationships", 2nd edition, (Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, 2013) ISBN 0-534-42471-6 (hardcover,
both semesters) or ISBN 0-534-46244-8 (thinner hardcover, covers this term only). Can also use the older 1st
edition of the same textbook. This course also requires the use of an i>clicker which may be purchased at
the FSU bookstore, at Bill's bookstore, or online. All i>clickers should be registered (at
http://www.iclicker.com/support/registeryourclicker/)
i>clickerhere
register
homework
login here
Instructors:
Lecturer, sections 13-14:
Lecturer, sections 1-6:
Lecturer, sections 7-12:
Dr. Andrew Askew
Dr. Anthony Frawley
Dr. David M. Lind
office: 517 Keen office hours: Mo 4-5:00pm, Tu 4:30-5:30pm phone: 645-9343 email: [email protected]
office: 210 Keen office hours: Mo 2:00-4:00pm
phone: 644-4034 email: [email protected]
office: 405 Keen office hours: Mo 3:00-5:00pm
phone: 644-1576 email: [email protected]
and recitation instructor sec. 7-9:
Dr. Lonnie Mott
Dr. Yohanes Pramudya
recit. instructor,sec.10-12: Dr. Benjamin Sadler
recit. instructor,sec.13-14: Dr. Mehmet Yesiltas
recit. instructor,sec.1-3:
recit. instructor,sec.4-6:
office: 211UPL
office hours: Fri 1:30-3:30pm
phone: ********
office: 211UPL
office hours: We 3:00-5:00pm
phone: ********
office: 618 Keen office hours: Th 3:00-5:00pm
phone: 970-688-1165
office: 211UPL office hours: Th 11:00am-1:00pm phone: ********
email: [email protected]
email: [email protected]
email: [email protected]
email: [email protected]
Click on the email address to send email, or click on name to go to website. If y ou hav e any questions about your course grade, attendance, course policies, or test results, please talk with us. (W e get many emails
and it is difficult to answer every one; it often helps to (1) come and talk with us immediately after class, (2) leave a note on our office door, (3) call our office, or (4) come by during office hours.)
Class Meetings
Each student must be registered for and attend four class meetings each week.
Two lectures each week: Monday, and Wednesday, in 101 Richards Building (UPL), Sections 1-6 at 11:15am-12:05pm; sections 7-12 at 12:20-1:10pm: and sections 13-14
at 2:50-3:40pm.
One recitation session each week: Generally on Friday in Richards Building (UPL), although two sessions meet earlier in the week on Tuesdays or Thursdays at
8:00-9:15am. [See listing at the bottom of this syllabus.] Notice that there are several sections of this course that meet at identical times. You are responsible to attend the
section you are actually registered for.
One laboratory session: one day per week for 3 hours, in one of several classrooms in the Richards Building (UPL) [See listing below.]. Notice that the registration process for
this class requires that every student must be registered separately both for the lecture section and a lab section to be properly registered for in this course.
Lectures:
The lectures will primarily be used to present new course concepts, along with experimental demonstrations, and discussion of problem solving tools and examples. Lecture
highlights will be posted on the course web page. These highlights will indicate the exact topic areas covered during lecture and which textbook sections they were drawn from.
However, these highlights do not contain all of the information and explanations which will be presented during the lectures. Therefore, students are strongly encouraged to
attend the lectures and take your own notes, since it is a demonstrated fact that there is a strong correlation between lecture attendance adn participation, and student
performance. During each lecture usually 2 to 4 questions will be presented where you will be expected to answer the questions via the i>clicker, which will be included in you
'in-class participation' grade.
Recitation and Quizzes:
Generally, the lectures are supplemented with a 75-minute "recitation style'' session, held, depending on the section, on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday, during which the focus
will primarily be on working through problem solving techniques (either from the lonCAPA homework set or from the textbook or other problems). This session provides the
student with problem solving skills that would be very important for performance in exams, and the exams will consist of problems similar to those that will be discussed in this
session. The discussion of problems is not only to give you the answers to individual problems, but also to show you the methods of problem solving itself, which is far more
valuable. You will be expected to attend and participate in these discussions. The bi-weekly mini-exams, a major part of your course grade (45%), will be given during
recitations.
Laboratory Experiments and Pre-Labs:
The purpose of the laboratory sessions is to gain hands-on experience with laboratory apparatus, to develop skills in performing experiments, to learn methods for analyzing
scientific data and to relate the physics concepts covered in lectures with real experimental situations. In order to help you prepare for each lab assignment, you are required to
complete the pre-lab exercises within the lonCAPA homework system (accessed via "PreLabs and Lab Manual" link on BlackBoard or directly thru http://loncapa.fsu.edu/.
Login using your FSUID and password). These exercises are due at 9:00am of the day of your lab and count 3% towards the final grade. For the actual lab, each student must
complete a lab report, following the format prescribed by the lab instructor, before leaving the lab session for each experiment. Lab manuals can be downloaded from the
lonCAPA homework system. Attendance at each lab session is a requirement of the course. The grades on the lab reports account for 12% of the total course grade.
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Student Responsibilities
Course Philosophy:
This course is not a pushover. Physics is based on understanding, not just memorizing. This is especially true with the problem solving techniques that we emphasize in this
course, because problem solving is a thought process that requires new ways of thinking. We will do all we can to help you, but you must take personal responsibility to put
some serious effort at understanding underlying concepts and how they are applied. Below is what is expected of you:
Class Participation:
Attend all lectures including the Friday recitation sessions; what you retain from these classes will surprise you. Students are expected to arrive on time and remain in class for
the entire class period. Class participation will be part of your final grade. The class participation points are earned by answering questions using the iClicker. Each student is
responsible for bringing his or her own functioning, registered (at http://www.iclicker.com/support/registeryourclicker/) iClicker to class every day, and using it to answer the
requested problems. You cannot earn the points without it. NOTE: It will not be possible to make any corrections or adjustments to the iClicker scores for any reason like
forgetting to bring it to class, dead batteries, absences, incorrect registration. It is a violation of the University Honor Code to use any iClicker other than the one registered to
you in class.
Homework:
Success in this course depends to a large extent on the effort you put into completing the weekly homework assignments. The Homework is a significant component of the final
grade, and is the best way to prepare for the exams. Homework sets are online on lonCAPA and can be accessed either through BlackBoard, through http://loncapa.fsu.edu/,
or by going through the open course website in the Physics Department at www.physics.fsu.edu website (go to Undergraduate, and the physics courses web pages, and find
our class and its links). Log-in using your FSUID (Blackboard login) and password. Completing the online problem sets and attempting and becoming competent in working
through textbook and problems are the best ways to prepare for the mini-exams and the final exam. It is important that you learn the concepts, not just which formula to plug
your numbers into. There are two homework sets each week:
Pre-lecture "Reading Warm-up Problems": a few simple problems that should easily be done after a brief, but complete, read-through of the chapter, due 30 minutes
before your lecture class meets the first day that we meet each week (almost always on Monday, unless there is a holiday on Monday). These will be available
approximately two days before they are due.
The main "Homework Set,": A much more detailed, comprehensive set of problems each week, which are due precisely at 11:59pm every Monday night, These problems
due at times that correspond with when we are finishing the discussion of each chapter Each set is composed of ~20 problems, and are available ~10 days before they are
due.
Laboratory and Prelabs:
Each student should attend laboratory sessions at the registered time and classroom. Actively participate in the experiments and complete an individual lab reports for each
lab, following the format prescribed by the laboratory instructor, before leaving the lab session. Attendance at each lab session is a requirement of the course. Pre-lab online
problem sets for each lab are to be worked by each student, and are found on lonCAPA and can be accessed through BlackBoard (accessed via the "PreLabs and Lab
Manual" link) or directly through http://loncapa.fsu.edu/. Login using your FSUID and password). These exercises are due at 9:00am of the day of your registered laboratory
section and count 3% towards the final grade. Laboratory classes will meet based on the schedule listed below:
Laboratory Section Meeting Times: (instructor names are clickable e-mail links.)
Sec Day
Room
Instructor (office,Keen)
fac.
Time
Room
Instructor (office,Keen)
fac.
1
Mon 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Time
UPL 110
(AA)
11
Wed
3:45pm - 6:45pm
UPL 112
Mon 3:45pm - 6:45pm
UPL 110
(AA)
12
Wed
7:00pm - 10:00pm UPL 110
3
Mon 7:00pm - 10:00pm
UPL 110
(BS)
13
Thurs 12:30pm - 3:30pm UPL 110
4
Tues 12:30pm - 3:30pm
UPL 105
(AF)
14
Thurs 3:45pm - 6:45pm
5
Tues 3:45pm - 6:45pm
UPL 105
(AF)
15
Thurs 12:30pm - 3:30pm UPL 105
6
Tues 12:30pm - 3:30pm
UPL 110
(AF)
16
Thurs 3:45pm - 6:45pm
UPL 110
7
Tues 3:45pm - 6:45pm
UPL 110
(AF)
17
Tues 9:20am - 12:20pm
UPL 110
8
Tues 7:00pm - 10:00pm
UPL 110
(***)
18
Tues 9:20am - 12:20pm
UPL 105
9
Wed 12:30pm - 3:30pm
UPL 110
(YP)
19 Thurs 9:20am - 12:20pm
UPL 110
10
Wed 3:45pm - 6:45pm
UPL 110
(YP)
20 Thurs 9:20am - 12:20pm
UPL 105
Dan Le (203)
Jacob Hudis (222)
Jacob Hudis (222)
Dan Le (203)
Joshua Holleman (203)
Biwen Zhang (702)
Luis Mendoza (702)
Ma hew Gorfien (222)
Luis Mendoza (702)
Ma hew Gorfien (222)
(YP)
2
Biwen Zhang (702)
Catherine Schiber (702)
Catherine Schiber (702)
Henry Tsang (222)
Henry Tsang (222)
Joshua Holleman (203)
Kye Staples (702)
Kye Staples (702)
Mariangelly Diaz (203)
Mariangelly Diaz (203)
Sec Day
UPL 105
(***)
(LM)
(LM)
(LM)
(LM)
(DL)
(DL)
(MY)
(MY)
Bi-weekly Mini-Exams:
Six quizzes will be given during the semester. Preparing for these bi-weekly quizzes has a large impact on your final grade, since they account for 45% of the final course
average. Below are a few rules and common questions about the exams:
Six mini-exams will be given during the semester. The best scores for five of the six mini-exams will count toward your final grade, with the lowest score being dropped.
Thus each mini-exam contributes 9% of your overall course average.
These mini-exams will be given on the designated day (see schedule below) and each will be allotted 50 minutes, at the end of the recitation class.
The material covered in each mini-exam will be that specified in the syllabus and based on concepts related to the recent homework assignments and recommended textbook
questions and problems.
NO make-up exams will be given. Students who cannot attend one of the quizzes -- for any reason -- medical reasons, death in the family, etc. will have that missed quiz
count toward the lowest dropped score; any beyond two misses will be counted as a zero. Only extraordinary exceptions (university-mandated travel, military service,,etc.),
approved by your lecture professor before the exam date will be considered, and the make-up must be taken within one week of the original exam date. A word to the
wise....proper documentation will be required.
You MUST take every quiz in the section you are registered for, or you will not receive credit for your work. Written permission required for any exceptions.
Students arriving late to the test will be required to submit their quizzes by the same time as the rest of the class.
You are responsible for bringing a working calculator to each quiz. No sharing is allowed. You may not use your cell-phone/ smart-phone/ ipad, etc. as a calculator.
Do not program any formulae into your calculator -- this is cheating and will be treated as such.
Don't cheat: the first instance of cheating on an exam results in a zero for that exam (which will not be a dropped exam), the second will result in an "F" for the course.
Remember the FSU Honor Code.
Any questions you have with the grading of the exams must be resolved within 2 weeks of the hand-back date.
Final Examination:
Every student is required to attempt the final exam. The final exam will be held on Tuesday, April 28th at 12:30pm-2:30pm. (See the Block Exam Schedule in the FSU
Directory of Classes.) The final exam is cumulative and an equation sheet with all the necessary equations and constants will be given. The Final Exam will NOT be in our
normal classroom: the place for the exam will be announced later in the semester.
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Calculation of the Course Grades
Grade Percentages: A student will have completed the course and will be eligible for a grade better than an "F" only if the student does the following:
Attempts the final exam on Tuesday, April 28th 2015;
Attends all laboratory sessions and submits satisfactory reports to the lab instructor for each session.
The final course grade will be calculated using the grades from the best 5 of 6 bi-weekly mini-exams, the laboratory reports and prelabs, final exam, and the on-line
Your final grade will be calculated according to the following weighting:
homework sets.
* 16% of the grade is from the regular lonCAPA Homework Sets; and 4% are from pre-lecture reading warm-up problems.
** 11% of the grade is from the in-class Laboratory Reports; and 4% are from the on-line PreLab lonCAPA problems.
on-line Homework
Lab and Pre-Lab
Mini-Exams
11%+4%**
45%
16%+4%*
Final Examination
20%
Bonus Points: The student can earn up to two extra percentage points (2%) added to his/her final accumulated score through class participation, by answering questions
using the i.Clicker personal response system during the Monday and Wednesday lectures.
Grade Breakdown: The course grade will be assigned using the table below.
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D
F
100-91.0
<90.9-87.50
<87.4-84.0
<83.9-78.0
<77.9-74.5
<74.4-71.0
<70.9-65.0
<64.9-61.0
<60.9-55.0
<55.0
Resources for Students
We want you all to do well in this course. Several resources are available to help you toward this goal:
Textbook: An excellent source of information. Read it, and work problems at the end of each chapter.
Classes: Attend lectures and recitations. Ask questions, and get involved in the discussion. What you retain from these classes may surprise you.
Professor's Office Hours/Tutorial Sessions: Make use of the scheduled office hours for help with homework problems and other matters that arise during the course.
Other times may be arranged by talking with any of us after class or by calling ahead. Please don't hesitate to call any of us for help at any time.
Course Material on the Web This syllabus, lecture notes, solutions to homework and exam problems, and important announcements can be found on the web via
Blackboard. We have chosen some problems to further emphasize the physics principles we think are important. We will post solutions to these problems on the web. They
provide a useful resource to enhance your understanding of each weekly chapter, to help with the homework assignment, and to act as further exam preparation material.
Make use of these very useful resources!
Physics Department Consultation Sessions: A graduate student is available (free) to assist you with homework problems and preparing for the exams. During the
Spring semester 2015, this tutor is named Patrick Fortier, and he is Available in the Dirac Library from 3:00-5:30pm Mondays through Thursdays (four afternoons a
week). Students can ask as they enter the library for the location of the Physics tutor.
Some Sensible Advice:
We want everyone to have fun and do well this course. Unfortunately some people find doing physics difficult. Below are a few tips which might help out: Please use them with
wisdom!!
"I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand." -- old Chinese Proverb. No one learns to swim without getting their feet wet. If you are going to
learn Physics, you must take the initiative for your own learning.
Seek to understand the concepts and how to use them.
This course is not a pushover, physics is based on understanding, not remembering. We will do all we can to help you, but you must be prepared to put some serious
effort into really understanding the underlying concepts of WHY things work the way they do. Only you will be able to tell whether you are truly gaining that
understanding or not! Remember the "blank paper practice test''! Try it on the worked out problems in BlackBoard and on some additional end-of-chapter problems to see
if you have understood the concepts. Use the worked-out solutions not as a crutch in helping solve the problems, but rather as a way of grading your practice test to see
how well the understanding has sunk in. You learn far more that way.
Attend all lectures, especially the recitations. It is a demonstrated fact that there is a strong correlation between lecture attendance and student performance; in
addition, you earn class participation points by attending and being involved in the lectures!
The mini-exams form the most important component of the course. In order to prepare for those exams, make sure you understand and can do all the Homework
problems and any additional recommended end-of-chapter problems.
In answering any problem, always ask yourself, "Is the answer I just worked out sensible?'' Remember to put units in throughout your calculations.
Use the book, you paid good money for it. Take time to look over a chapter before it is covered in class. Take notes on what you read. Refer back to it as your do your
homework and again when you prepare for each test. The Study Guide can also be quite useful.
Find a study partner. We strongly encourage students to study together or in groups.
When studying together, don't always be the one having ideas explained to you. Try explaining ideas to your friends. Surprisingly, the one doing the explaining is always
the one who learns the most from this process.
Finally, don't give up or sit for hours in vain trying to do the homework to no avail. Come and see the faculty instructors (either me, or one of the lab TA's or
recitation instructors) and ask questions; usually you will be much closer than you think to solving the problem.
If you are seriously thinking about dropping the course at any point, please come and talk to your lecture professor (Dr. Frawley, Lind, or Askew) first.
Lecture and Recitation Meeting Times: (instructor names are clickable e-mail links.)
Sec Time
Room
Lecturer
1-6 11:15-12:05,M,W UPL101 Dr. Frawley
Sec Time (all Friday) Room Rec. Instructor
1 8:00 - 9:15am
UPL110 Dr. Mott
2 9:30 - 10:15am UPL 10 Dr. Mott
3
4
11:00 - 12:15pm UPL110 Dr. Mott
8:00 - 9:15am
UPL105 Dr. Pramudya
5
6
9:30 - 10:15pm UPL105 Dr. Pramudya
11:00 - 12:15pm UPL105 Dr. Pramudya
Sec Time
7-12 12:20-1:10 M,W
Room
Lecturer
UPL101 Dr. Lind
Sec
Sec Time (all Friday)
7 8:00 - 9:15am
Rec. Instructor
Room
UPL107 Dr. Lind
Sec
8
9
9:30 - 10:15pm
11:00 - 12:15pm
UPL107 Dr. Lind
UPL107 Dr. Lind
10
11
8:00 - 9:15am
9:30 - 10:15pm
UPL109 Dr. Sadler
UPL109 Dr. Sadler
12
11:00 - 12:15pm
UPL109 Dr. Sadler
Time
Room
Lecturer
13-14 2:50-3:40 M,W UPL101 Dr. Askew
Time
Room
Rec. Instructor
13
8 -9:15am Tues MCH303 Dr. Yesiltas
14
8 -9:15am Thur MCH303 Dr. Yesiltas
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Physics 2054C Lecture Schedule and Class Notes
___Date_____
Lectures
Homework
Mini-exams
W. Jan 7
F. Jan 9
Introduction to the Course, Ch17: Electricity
(notes)
Review: vectors, forces, &fields
M. Jan 12
W. Jan 14
Ch17: Electric Charges, Forces, & Fields (notes)
Ch18: Electric Potentials, Electrical Work (notes)
recitation
Ch17 -- problem solving
M. Jan 19
W. Jan 21
recitation
M. Jan 26
W. Jan 28
Martin Luther King Day -- No Class
Ch18 Electricity,pt2; also start Ch19 d-c
Circuits
(notes)
Ch18 -- problem solving
Ch19: Capacitors, Resistors, Ohm's Law
Ch19: Complex Electrical Circuits
(notes)
(notes)
RWUchs17&18
No lab this week
HW1ch17--Elect.
No lab this week
Forces &Fields
(this week only,
due Tues. PM)
RWUch19
HW2ch18--Elec.
Potentials
recitation
Ch19 -- problem solving
M. Feb 2
Ch20: Magnetism & Magnetic Forces;
Faraday's Law
ch20 Faraday's Law-pt2
Ch20 -- problem solving
W. Feb 4
recitation
M. Feb 9
W. Feb 11
recitation
M. Feb 16
W. Feb
18
Laboratory
No lab this week
M. Jan 5
Ch21: Magnetic Induction, Right-Hand
Rules, & Lenz' Law
Ch21 Magnetic Induction-pt2
Ch21 -- problem solving
Ch22: Alternating Current, Motors, &
Transformers
Ch23: Electromagnetic Waves, &
Polarization
Ch22,23 -- problem solving
ch17,ch18,
HW1,2)
Expt I
Electric Fields
Quiz#1
(notes)
(notes)
(notes)
(notes)
RWUch20
HW3ch19--Elec.
Expt II
Ohm's Law
Circuits &Res.
RWUch21
HW4ch20--Magn.
Forces & Fields
(ch19,20,
HW3,4)
Quiz#2
(notes)
RWUch22&23
HW5ch21--Magn.
Expt III
Magnetic
Fields
Expt IV
Thermisters
Induction
(notes)
recitation
M. Feb 23
W. Feb
25
Ch24: Geometrical Optics, Snell's law,
Ch24 Optics-pt2, Lens Eqn. Ray-Tracing
(notes)
(notes)
RWUch24
HW6ch22,23 -AC Circuits &
EM Radiation
Ray-Tracing -- cool link!!
requires latest version of java plug-in & allow remote java content
(ch21-23,
HW5,6)
Expt V
Oscilloscopes
& ac-Circuits
Quiz#3
Ch24 -- problem solving
recitation
M. Mar 2
W. Mar 4
Ch25: Wave Nature of Light - Diffraction (notes)
Ch25: Wave Nature of Light - Interference (notes)
recitation
Ch25 -- problem solving
RWUch25
HW7ch24--Geom.
Expt VI
Meters
Optics & Lenses
March
9-13
M. Mar 16
Spring Break -- No Classes
RWUch26
HW8ch25--Interf-
W. Mar 18
recitation
Ch26: Applications of Optics, Microscopes,
& Telescopes,
(notes)
Ch26 Optics of the Human Eyes
(notes)
Ch 26 problem solving
M. Mar 23
W. Mar 25
Ch27: Einstein's Universe: Relativity
Ch27 Relativity -- pt2
RWUch27
HW9ch26--Optical
(notes)
(notes)
(ch24,25
erence &Diffraction HW7,8)
Quiz#4
Expt VIII
Laser Light
Instruments
recitation
Ch27 problem solving
M. Mar 30
Ch28: Quantum Theory of Electrons
& Photons
Ch28 Quantum -- pt2
Ch28 -- problem solving
W. Apr 1
recitation
M. Apr 6
(notes)
(notes)
RWUch28
HW10ch27 -Relativity
W. Apr 8
recitation
M. Apr 13
W. Apr 15
Ch30: Nuclear Physics: Radioactivity,
Ch 30: Binding Energy, & Decay
recitation
Ch30 -- problem solving
M. Apr 20
Ch30&31: Nuclear Energy, &21st Century
Physics
(notes)
Final Exam Review
Ch30&31 -- problem solving
(notes)
(notes)
(notes)
(notes)
RWUch29
HW11ch28 --
RWUchs30&31
HW12ch29 --
Tues., April
28th,2013 12:30pm -2:30pm
Final Exam -- comprehensive
Expt IX
Diffraction
Gratings
Expt X
Radiaoactivity
Quantum Theory
Atomic Theory
W. Apr 22
recitation
(ch26,27
HW9,10)
Quiz#5
Ch29: Quantum Theory of Atoms &
Molecules
Ch29 Quantum Theory of Solids
Ch29 -- problem solving
Expt VII
Lenses
(ch28,29,
HW11,12)
Quiz#6
RWUch31
HW13ch30,31 --
Expt XI
Gamma
Rays
No lab this week
Nuclear Physics
(ch17-31,
HW1-13)
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asperations of human beings, the past and present civilizations we have created, and the natural and technological world we inhabit. This course has been approved as
meeting the requirements for Liberal Studies Area V, Natural Science, and in combination with other Liberal Studies courses, provides an important foundation for uyour
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religious holy days, and official University activities. These absences will be accommodated in a way that does not arbitrarily penalize students who have a valid excuse.
Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness.
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