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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2011, 10:53:22 am »
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the angle wasnt pi/4, tan(theta) equaled 1/2

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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2011, 10:53:28 am »
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i forgot to time 2  for the last question
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2011, 10:53:40 am »
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theta wasnt pi on 4 wtf? im 100% sure
you had to find tan theta = 1/2
then use triangles to find values of sin theta and cos theta
you cant use the question before it, it said IF

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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2011, 10:54:01 am »
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I spent 17 minutes on that last question for 1 mark! I was making so many stupid mistakes, I had a+4+blah blah and it took me 5 lines to realise that I'd turned it into 4a!! Then I did this on another question.
m2=16
m=root(4)
m=2

I caught the mistakes so I'm happy. Although I keep rubbing out that last question and the one with the area of 64. There is so much rubbed out that the page is bumpy now and I hope they can read it. I put boxes around ym answers fo hopefully they can understand it.

After panicing when I knew the answer was right in front of me for 17 minutes I kinda had an adrealine rush to the end. Came out with my hands shaking.
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2011, 10:54:15 am »
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hard hard hard :'( :'(

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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2011, 10:55:05 am »
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2010 exam was easy compared to this gay shit

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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2011, 10:55:28 am »
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That was terrible. Was getting 39-40/40 for all my practice exams, and this one will be around 30-35. Screwed up the 4 mark integral question and the 3 mark 2^x - 15x4^x =16 question as well, hopefully I can steal some marks for my working..... Rushed the last question as well because of the amount of time spent on others. What a joke.
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2011, 10:55:47 am »
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theta wasnt pi on 4 wtf? im 100% sure
you had to find tan theta = 1/2
then use triangles to find values of sin theta and cos theta
you cant use the question before it, it said IF
Yeh thats what I did, so we find sin was like root(5)/5, then sub that back in with a. I think 19+somthing with a root in it.
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2011, 10:56:17 am »
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I spent 17 minutes on that last question for 1 mark! I was making so many stupid mistakes, I had a+4+blah blah and it took me 5 lines to realise that I'd turned it into 4a!! Then I did this on another question.
m2=16
m=root(4)
m=2

I caught the mistakes so I'm happy. Although I keep rubbing out that last question and the one with the area of 64. There is so much rubbed out that the page is bumpy now and I hope they can read it. I put boxes around ym answers fo hopefully they can understand it.

After panicing when I knew the answer was right in front of me for 17 minutes I kinda had an adrealine rush to the end. Came out with my hands shaking.

sorry to burst ur bubbles buddy but im pre sure m wasnt 2..i think it was like m=4 a = 8 or the other way around

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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #24 on: November 08, 2011, 10:57:11 am »
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Why do the exams keep getting continually harder every year?
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2011, 10:57:14 am »
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Oooh I wanna see this paper - this triangle-and-square thing = new cone of death?
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #26 on: November 08, 2011, 10:57:28 am »
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Answer was 19+3root5
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2011, 10:57:40 am »
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I thought it was definitely harder than previous years.. Didn't manage to finish a question. :/

^   I also got 19+ 3√5 and m=4, a=8

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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #28 on: November 08, 2011, 10:58:00 am »
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I spent 17 minutes on that last question for 1 mark! I was making so many stupid mistakes, I had a+4+blah blah and it took me 5 lines to realise that I'd turned it into 4a!! Then I did this on another question.
m2=16
m=root(4)
m=2

I caught the mistakes so I'm happy. Although I keep rubbing out that last question and the one with the area of 64. There is so much rubbed out that the page is bumpy now and I hope they can read it. I put boxes around ym answers fo hopefully they can understand it.

After panicing when I knew the answer was right in front of me for 17 minutes I kinda had an adrealine rush to the end. Came out with my hands shaking.

sorry to burst ur bubbles buddy but im pre sure m wasnt 2..i think it was like m=4 a = 8 or the other way around
Yeh I know thats what I ended up getting. After I realised the size of my error. cause m^2 =2a, it all worked out in the end (I hope).
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Re: Mathematical Methods CAS Exam 1 Discussion - How was it??
« Reply #29 on: November 08, 2011, 10:58:06 am »
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Answer was 19+3root5
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