Leaving Cert. '11/'12 Off-Topic

Patchy~ wrote: »

Arghhh, trying and failing to do geography option questions because theres no ****ing information on it :mad: How the hell am I meant to get 24 srp's out of what in regional is worth 7 or 8 at best?!

Yeah I was the same but I just bought Sue Honan's exam skills geography book. They give you answers on everything!

I am still doing out good SRP questions for geography and looks like will only start learning them after easter :P

I got bored after an hour and a half of writing notes and trying to study to national income chapter of economics . I moved on to English and decided to write a speech , I kind of like writing speeches . I love english .
I haven't touched a single maths paper over the Easter yet though. I have 2 papers of project maths to complete.

subz3r0 wrote: »

I find myself doing that too. When I get bored of studying I take out my half-finished essay and scribble another few sentences or a paragraph. I should really try do essays in the time limit. Oh god, I forgot all about Maths! Since I got my A2 in the mocks I've started getting complacent about it, but I need to get an A1 in the LC if possible.

Hmm and I wish I could help you with National Income, you seem to be so hung up over it yet I think its a very straightforward topic. Hope you get the grasp of it once you do it in class

I think i'm not too bad at it. I was just writing out the keypoints of the national income thats at the back of the chapter in the "Understanding Economics" book and writing the answers to all of it. I got up to the 10th point. I just got bored of writing it out I get it a little more the understanding Economics book just has a lot of information. I usually use my Rapid Revision for the answers.
I might get grinds after Easter for economics as I really need a high grade in it. What economic book do you use?


I find if I spend long on a subject I get really bored so I decide it's time to move on to a new subject I enjoy as the information won't go in. I try and write the essays for the 100marks paper in the 80minutes time. I prefer paper 1 . Even though I've not focused much on it since last year . I've decided to give short stories a miss and decided to stick to speeches I think that always comes up on both a question B and section 3. I have 2 project maths paper, I'm doing fairly okay I haven't been failing it all year round like last year. I'm still trying to understand project maths though.

So after spending the whole day lingering between the computer and the tv I decide to do some maths qs on complex numbers! Now I'm stuck and my motivation is quickly receeding :O help?

The question: P is a real number such that |P(1-2i)|=|11-2i|. Find the two positive values of P.
I know when someone shows me a solution or tells me how to do it I'll be kicking myself but I've sort of a mental block when it comes to sitting down and grinding out maths problems! Cheers guys!

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I got p=5.

You know it's a modulus right? Well, a modulus is the square root of 2 numbers squared. Multiply in the p, so:
Root(p*2+4p*2)=root(121+4)
Then, root(5p*2)=root(125)
Therefore, root(5).p=5.root(5)
p=5



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Shít, yeah forgot to put in the spuare root I just squared the whole thing out! Thanks!

Here's another complex numbers one if you've got the time!
Solve z^2 -(2+i)z+(1+i)=0
I tried using the minus b formula but got stuck. As you can see, complex numbers aren't my forté. Cheers!

JonnyMcNamee wrote: »

Shít, yeah forgot to put in the spuare root I just squared the whole thing out! Thanks!

Here's another complex numbers one if you've got the time!
Solve z^2 -(2+i)z+(1+i)=0
I tried using the minus b formula but got stuck. As you can see, complex numbers aren't my forté. Cheers!

-b formula should work out... try again.

Yeah actually is that higher or ordinary?

galwaymusic wrote: »

Ah we're gonna need a new thread soon !

Is there a 10k posts limit on threads on boards?

The YLYL threads went to 1000 or more pages though? Lets work harder

I'm gonna miss the thread:(

Also I'm becoming really worried now that I haven't done a thing. I think I'll just start on Thursday with French oral work.