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Just something that's pissing me off
« on: April 20, 2013, 11:20:21 am »
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I don't understand why VCAA has worded this question this way.

As you can see from the first attached image, it's clear that they have stated 'the carriage and coal truck experience a resistance force of 1500 N'. Shouldn't that mean that their total resistance force is 1500 N?
But when you look at the second image, they state that we were supposed to use 1500 N as a resistance force for EACH of the two objects.

Why the hell could VCAA not insert the word 'each' somewhere in the sentence so that it's a lot clearer to us?

It's a really simple question, a definite 2 marks for all physics students. But their wording of this question doesn't make any sense at all. I could see plenty of physics students losing those marks because of VCAA's ridiculous syntax. And better yet, the following question requires this one to be correct in order to receive the full marks. (The next question asks for the train's acceleration when a certain amount of extra force is applied.)

This is from the 2007 Unit 3 VCE Physics trial exam paper.
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Re: Just something that's pissing me off
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2013, 11:44:17 am »
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Take it up to the system show your defiance and tell them they are doing a shit job...
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Re: Just something that's pissing me off
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2013, 04:07:43 pm »
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Is this question from VCAA? VCAA 2007 Exam 1, Question 10 isn't this question. The solutions you've shown don't seem to be the same format as a VCAA assessor's report either.
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Re: Just something that's pissing me off
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2013, 07:48:47 pm »
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Quote from: mission_impossible on April 20, 2013, 11:44:17 am
Take it up to the system show your defiance and tell them they are doing a shit job...

Lol nah I'll just ask my teacher on Monday.

Quote from: laserblued on April 20, 2013, 04:07:43 pm
Is this question from VCAA? VCAA 2007 Exam 1, Question 10 isn't this question. The solutions you've shown don't seem to be the same format as a VCAA assessor's report either.


It said trial exam paper 2007 Unit 3 on my sheet that the teacher handed out to me, it may be wrong, but the solutions and questions match.

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