Suggested list of problems
Waves, Optics, Modern Physics (NYC)

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Oscillations:

Serway Chapter 15 Question: 1-6, 8-11, 16, 18, 19
Problems: 1-3, 5-25, 27-39, 40-43, 59, 50, 51-54, 58-61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69b, 71b, 75

Mechanical Waves:

Chapter 16 Questions: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13-17
Problems: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12-17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24-33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40-43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 57, 62, 66, 68
Chapter 17 Questions: 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, 17
Problems: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 19, 28-31, 34, 37, 38-43, 44, 47, 55, 57, 59-61, 62, 64, 65, 68, 69
Chapter 18 Questions: 1-4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, 17
Problems: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-10, 11, 13-17, 18, 19, 20, 21-23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36-38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 51-53, 61, 63, 66, 67, 69

Wave nature of light

Chapter 34.6 Problems: 38-43, 45, 46

Chapter 35 Questions: 1, 2, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19
Problems: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20-22, 23, 27, 29, 30, 32-35, 36, 37, 38-40, 42, 49, 54, 55, 59, 61, 63, 66, 70, 71

Geometrical Optics

Chapter 36 Questions: 1, 2, 5, 9, 13, 15, 18, 19
Problems: 1-3, 4-6, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17-19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30-33, 37, 40, 45, 47, 48, 50-53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67-69, 71, 72, 74

Physical Optics

Chapter 37
sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Questions: 1, 2, 5-8, 10, 14
Problems: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11-13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 30, 31, 32-35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 45, 47, 48, 50-54, 58-61, 67, 68

Chapter 38 Questions: 1-4, 6, 8
Problems: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11-14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35-39, 45, 46, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 61, 66, 67