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** LC Applied Maths 2014 - Before and after discussion **
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Those stats can be misleading: there's no knowing the calibre of students who would attempt minority questions.
Don't remember, but it's been four or five years since a wedge. They can get pretty involved, especially if there ar emultiple paticles, two faces, friction with the ground, etc.
1-5 and 10?! No originality! I think RBM may be the easiest question on the course.
Last I checked it wasn't an originality test! If it was I'd be doing Hydrostatics. Has it really been that long for a wedge? I want one sooo badly! We didn't study RMB so I wouldn't know how easy it is, which Q is it normally on the paper?
I really need an A1. Don't know if I can pull it off. 2 days free before the exam though
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My plan is to do:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10.
I may do 6 instead of one but I'm out of practice on them.
I really want Q4 to avoid wedges but I think that they're due up.
We had a teacher swap at Christmas and I did poorly in the mocks as a result of that and other things but I'm hopeful that I'll do much better in the real thing.
Anyone else hoping that wedges won't come up?CelestialKing wrote: »Has it really been that long for a wedge? I want one sooo badly! We didn't study RMB so I wouldn't know how easy it is, which Q is it normally on the paper?
It has been that long since wedges came up. I don't want one but the odds are in your favour.
I tried RBM but as I'm not good at rote learning so the proof parts were tricky for me and I struggled with the second part too.PaleMoonlight wrote: »I've 7 questions covered, should I aim to get 7 done or just 6 and leave out the one I think is hardest?
If you stick to about 20 mins a question then you should have time for a seventh but it can be hard to stick to that and I generally find it's more useful to go back to others if I have time.
Still if you're confident with what you've done and you have time you could try a seventh if you were up to it.
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If you stick to about 20 mins a question then you should have time for a seventh but it can be hard to stick to that and I generally find it's more useful to go back to others if I have time.
Still if you're confident with what you've done and you have time you could try a seventh if you were up to it.
Thank you, I'll try do the 7 then I managed it in the last mock I did so hopefully I'll do it again 0 -
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PaleMoonlight wrote: »I've 7 questions covered, should I aim to get 7 done or just 6 and leave out the one I think is hardest?
If I were you I wouldn't plan on doing seven. Pick your best six and do them carefully and slowly, try to get as many marks as you can even if you get stuck on a question. Sometimes you'll get a question done quickly, like q10 can be really simple, so if you've 20 mins to spare then sure, do another q. But i wouldn't put myself under pressure to do 6 questions quickly so I can cram in a 7th, you'll just make mistakes.My plan is to do:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10.
I may do 6 instead of one but I'm out of practice on them.
I really want Q4 to avoid wedges but I think that they're due up.
We had a teacher swap at Christmas and I did poorly in the mocks as a result of that and other things but I'm hopeful that I'll do much better in the real thing.
Anyone else hoping that wedges won't come up?
I basically have the exact same plan for the exam, hoping wedges don't come up either, but i think if they do I could do it. Q8 and q1 are interchangeable for me, sometimes q1 can actually be really difficult.
I hate statics and hydrostatics, usually I find it impossible to just get a good force diagram and to get started on the q. We didn't cover q6. I expect a pretty hard exam, the only questions that are consistently easy are q3,5 and 10 imo.0 -
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Can someone explain me why is t4+t6=t in question 1, b) iii) in 2011?
It follows from there being same acceleration in part (ii) as in part (iii)
If it take t1 seconds to get to a speed v, and t4 seconds to get to a speed (2/3)v then for the same acceleration it must be true that t4 = (2/3)t1
A similar argument holds for t2 and t6, so that t6 = (2/3)t2
Then t4 + t6 = (2/3)t1 + (2/3)t2 = (2/3)[ t1+t2 ]
From part (ii) t1 + t2 = t so by substituting t4 + t6 = (2/3)t0 -
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Got it! ThanksIt follows from there being same acceleration in part (ii) as in part (iii)
If it take t1 seconds to get to a speed v, and t4 seconds to get to a speed (2/3)v then for the same acceleration it must be true that t4 = (2/3)t1
A similar argument holds for t2 and t6, so that t6 = (2/3)t2
Then t4 + t6 = (2/3)t1 + (2/3)t2 = (2/3)[ t1+t2 ]
From part (ii) t1 + t2 = t so by substituting t4 + t6 = (2/3)t
I'm doing 1,2,3,4,5,10 as majority of the people hereTheBegotten wrote: »Lads, seriously, what's with this weather? Two exams on Friday and I can't study with the heat. Anyway, what do people think of Q3? I'm not great at trigonometric manipulation, but it's normally a nice enough question otherwise. Would most of ye plan on doing it? if you need help, you can ask here 0 -
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I recon Mocks would be a useful one to do.AtomicKoala wrote: »Are there any questions from certain years it'd be worth doing? I'm getting a bit bored here and feeling like I'm wading through an ocean :pac:
That's hydrostatics? I was told on the first day by my teacher that we are definitely not going to do it, because hydrostatics is the hardest question... That's why I always wanted to do it, or at least see what's so much hard about itTheBegotten wrote: »I'm definitely doing 1, 2, 4, 9 and 10. It'll be a toss up on the day between 3 and 5. I'm surprised no-one's doing 9, I normally find that quiet easy.
but yeah, never had time... That's just how this educational system works.
I would very confidently say that she didn't know how to do them, so she didn't want us to try them.
Could you message me? That sounds like something really helpful and time-saving at this stagePaleMoonlight wrote: »My teacher has marked out questions for me to do which practices which type of question, what questions are you doing and I could message some on to you if you like? 1,2,3,4,5,10 0 -
I recon Mocks would be a useful one to do.
That's hydrostatics? I was told on the first day by my teacher that we are definitely not going to do it, because hydrostatics is the hardest question... That's why I always wanted to do it, or at least see what's so much hard about it but yeah, never had time... That's just how this educational system works.
I would very confidently say that she didn't know how to do them, so she didn't want us to try them.
Could you message me? That sounds like something really helpful and time-saving at this stage 1,2,3,4,5,10
Your teacher is talking absolute rubbish, it is in no way the hardest question
In fact many times its been much easier than the popular questions
The reason its not widely taught is because many teachers have never studied it themselves0 -
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PaleMoonlight wrote: »My teacher has marked out questions for me to do which practices which type of question, what questions are you doing and I could message some on to you if you like?
I would also really really appreciate this please if you have time! I'm doing 1-5 and 10 0 -
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PaleMoonlight wrote: »I'm doing 9, but I personally disagree about it being the easy, depends on the question though. Sometimes it's lovely and other times its terrible.
Anyone else the only person doing Applied Maths in their school? Will be a bit awkward in the exam hall
I actually prefer doing it when there are few or no people around me, it's much easier. I was the last one left in the classroom for two exams (for about an hour), and it wasn't awkward at all
Relax, and take your time... Don't think about getting out earlier because examiner has to be there anyway.0 -
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I would also really really appreciate this please if you have time! I'm doing 1-5 and 10
If you go onto thephysicsteacher.com, you can get papers back to the early 90s. If you can do these questions, you'll fly the exam on Friday, they're a good 20% harder on average I'd say. However, if you're trying these questions and getting nowhere, then just leave them because it's a waste of time, and it'll just make you feel unnecessarily scared. But I'd try them and see.0
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