Methods Exam 1: Discussion!

[Zealous]

So, how did you find it?

Any crazy curveball questions? How was it compared with the past VCAA exams?

[Coralista]

Well I'd be lucky to get 50% 

[soNasty]

There goes my chances of a decent score

[fareseru]

So harder than usual?? I'm sure you'll all be fine!!

[keltingmeith]

Don't stress so much! Remember, your SACs count more than that exam did.

[Coralista]

So harder than usual?? I'm sure you'll all be fine!!

I feel like this years was definitely harder than last years, the last two graph questions completely threw me off.

[apoorva1996]

Yeah feel like I'm going to cry now!

[nikegod]

It was ok, I'd say 70% of it was pretty straightforward, but q.10 required some pretty clever mathematical thinking (which I don't have) in addition to a knowledge of formulas etc.

[Robert123]

Damn that last page, would of got it if I did make a stupid error.
Overall though,  beside the last page, I found it was all doable, it had many questions similar to previous years, just more difficult and annoying to work with

[katiesaliba]

Started off so well...nek minnut.

[IndefatigableLover]

It's definitely doable, dodgy anti-diff question was bound to make people make mistakes as well as the two probability questions (think Exam 1 of 2006), last question I felt was fine I felt (not as hard as 2011).. Felt it was on par with last years exam in difficulty I guess

Now onto Exam 2 guys so let's smash it

[bobisnotmyname]

I found it ok, until the last question, what did everyone get for it?

[Reus]

Well that was easy

[Robert123]

It's definitely doable, dodgy anti-diff question was bound to make people make mistakes as well as the two probability questions (think Exam 1 of 2006), last question I felt was fine I felt (not as hard as 2011).. Felt it was on par with last years exam in difficulty I guess

Now onto Exam 2 guys so let's smash it

For the anti diff question with the area bound by the curve and y=4, did you do 12- anti diff of f(x) using the terminals -1 and 2?

[chuck981996]

Here are my preliminary solutions guys

I didn't check them, so I may have a few mistakes, but based on conversations with guys who did the exam they seem correct.

P.S. I have a blank copy of the exam too, so I'll upload that next.

Edit: I can now confirm my solutions are correct, except the graph is a bit revolting: I think it should go through (1,2) to get full marks.