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illuminati

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Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« on: November 08, 2012, 02:01:53 pm »
How was the exam?
If anyone gets a copy of the exam be sure to post it up so that i can start on suggested solutions
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2012, 02:17:16 pm »
2011 Exam 2 Hard? LOL

2012 was a lot harder in my opinion. Five questions for extended response.

Hardest VCAA Exam yet.

I think A+ cutoff would be high 58/80? Or lower...
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2012, 02:17:42 pm »
it was f****cked
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2012, 02:20:06 pm »
just got off the phone to my brother, he said it was the hardest exam vcaa had ever written...
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2012, 02:21:27 pm »
I'm actually quite excited to see this exam. hahaha
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2012, 02:22:49 pm »
IMO the exam today was reasonably challenging, and I didn't have time to finish the last three questions but that's my own problem.everything else was alright :)
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2012, 02:23:33 pm »
I found it hard. But it seemed kind of comparable to past exams. Missed a few questions, guessed a few. Hopefully I'll get 50% right.
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2012, 02:24:06 pm »
I got my ass whooped. A bit irritated that I only realised how to do one of the multiple choices in the last minute or so and didn't have time to do the working.

I didn't complete any of the analysis stuff, damn Tasmania Jones one...I'd seen a question like that on a past or trial exam (first part, express r in terms of h or something) but couldn't figure it out lol. Did you have to use similar triangles or something?

Left the probability question blank
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2012, 02:24:27 pm »
Sounds epic, can't wait
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2012, 02:25:25 pm »
What did Tasmania Jones do this time round?
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2012, 02:26:05 pm »
IT WAS TERRIBLE!!!
but yesterday was really good :)
are they worth the same?
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2012, 02:26:26 pm »
I found last years exam pretty easy, but I found this years exam 10x harder lol

Tasmania Jones question this year was pretty easy, it was a related rates question that involved the cone again.
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2012, 02:26:37 pm »
FML LOL That was the hardest VCAA exam ever! imo
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2012, 02:27:38 pm »
I averaged around 70-90% (I think I got one 65%) for all the VCAA exam 2's for methods (06 onwards) and this was by far the hardest. MC was incredibly challenging, I usually get around 20/22 (with the two wrong being educated guesses usually) this year I'd be pretty pleased with a 15/20. The short answer wasn't too bad, if I had an extra 20 minutes I would be pretty confident to say I would have nailed 75%+ of it, however due to my poorly timed multi choice section I had to ignore mistakes I've made (that would take longer then a minute to fix..) so I could finish the exam. I'm generally an A student with maths, so hopefully I get it  (on the hopefully low cutoff)
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Re: Methods Exam 2 - How was it?
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2012, 02:28:34 pm »
Quote from: tictac on November 08, 2012, 02:25:25 pm
What did Tasmania Jones do this time round?

Dive into a pit of acid to get an emerald, it was definitely one of the easier Jones' questions
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