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Archived Discussion => Mathematics/Science/Technology => 2015 Exam Discussion => Physics => Topic started by: dankfrank420 on November 11, 2015, 05:21:43 pm

Title: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: dankfrank420 on November 11, 2015, 05:21:43 pm
How did everyone find it?

I thought it was pretty straightforward, most of the calculations were easy.
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: odeaa on November 11, 2015, 05:29:56 pm
beat me to it

yeah found it pretty easy, except there were a few worded q's that were longer than previous years, especially that 4 marks lenz's law one

how did you manage to bs 3 marks worth of discussion only about lenz's law??
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: jyce on November 11, 2015, 05:48:39 pm
especially that 4 marks lenz's law one

how did you manage to bs 3 marks worth of discussion only about lenz's law??

I'm not sure what the question was, but I always followed a formula for answering questions regarding Lenz's law:
- 1 mark for stating the law
- 1 mark for stating the change in flux
- 1 mark for then using Lenz's law by stating the direction of the induced magnetic field
- 1 mark for then using the right-hand-grip-rule and stating the direction of the induced current.
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: zsteve on November 11, 2015, 07:12:45 pm
I'm not sure what the question was, but I always followed a formula for answering questions regarding Lenz's law:
- 1 mark for stating the law
- 1 mark for stating the change in flux
- 1 mark for then using Lenz's law by stating the direction of the induced magnetic field
- 1 mark for then using the right-hand-grip-rule and stating the direction of the induced current.
Pretty much what I did - I used up all the lines there
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: Fusuy on November 11, 2015, 07:22:44 pm
X to Y through voltmeter right?
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: odeaa on November 11, 2015, 07:25:20 pm
X to Y through voltmeter right?

thats what i had
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: dankfrank420 on November 11, 2015, 07:25:41 pm
X to Y through voltmeter right?

I got opposite... Fuck
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: jyce on November 11, 2015, 07:29:59 pm
Yes, it was X to Y through the voltmeter. Y to X through the loop, but that's not what the question asked.
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: dankfrank420 on November 11, 2015, 07:32:11 pm
Yes, it was X to Y through the voltmeter. Y to X through the loop, but that's not what the question asked.

Damnit, that's what I mucked up.

Do you think I still could get 3/4 if I stated that the current was counter clockwise around the loop, and Lenz law and all that?
Title: Re: Physics exam 2k15
Post by: Ledda on November 11, 2015, 07:33:08 pm
Man I got diagrams and everything going in that Lenz's Law question. Good exam I found, relatively straightforward. I finished with half an hour to go. One thing I did find silly was the question regarding the wave nature of an electron, and then the question directly afterwards asking you to explain, again, basically the same rubbish.