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jamonwindeyer

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Suggested Answers to the HSC 2016 General Maths Exam (+ Exam Discussion!)
« on: October 21, 2016, 12:54:59 pm »
A copy of the exam is here if you need it!

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Let us know your thoughts on this exam! If you notice any mistakes, please post them below... otherwise, what did you think? Good, bad? Hard? Easy?

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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2016, 12:55:46 pm »
10/10 would not do again thank god i have a good ranking otherwise i would be getting a band 3
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 12:57:23 pm »
Can someone please explain how they solved the last question??
That one was a stumper for me....I didn't mind the majority of that exam but still....
MATHS IS OVER!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 01:12:07 pm »
Hard? Best exam of my life
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2016, 01:14:22 pm »
Quote from: Musa on October 21, 2016, 01:12:07 pm
Hard? Best exam of my life
Interesting and nice to see someone thinking in the brighter direction :)
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2016, 01:33:14 pm »
Quote from: pughg16 on October 21, 2016, 12:57:23 pm
Can someone please explain how they solved the last question??
That one was a stumper for me....I didn't mind the majority of that exam but still....
MATHS IS OVER!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Yay it's over! We'll have the answers up soon ;D
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2016, 01:36:48 pm »
oh boy this is going to be a disaster
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2016, 01:39:46 pm »
Quote from: aimbotted on October 21, 2016, 01:36:48 pm
oh boy this is going to be a disaster
Take a deep breath...


...and don't look at them if you really don't want to ;)
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2016, 01:40:48 pm »
Quote from: RuiAce on October 21, 2016, 01:39:46 pm
Take a deep breath...


...and don't look at them if you really don't want to ;)

nop i will face my demons, i just want that maths mark in my signature HAHAAHAHAHAH
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2016, 01:41:31 pm »
That was the easiest general maths test I've ever done! IMO the CSSA 2016 trials and 2011-2015 past HSC tests were all harder than this years one  :P
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2016, 01:42:56 pm »
Quote from: aimbotted on October 21, 2016, 01:40:48 pm
nop i will face my demons, i just want that maths mark in my signature HAHAAHAHAHAH
Lel up to you :P
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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2016, 01:43:52 pm »
Quote from: RuiAce on October 21, 2016, 01:42:56 pm
Lel up to you :P

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Re: Mathematics General 2 - Exam Discussion
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2016, 01:47:05 pm »
Quote from: aimbotted on October 21, 2016, 01:43:52 pm
:p mr/ms actuarial studies
OH. Crap, I just realised you meant MY signature.

Sorry!! Ahahahahaha...
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Re: Suggested Answers to the HSC 2016 General Maths Exam (+ Exam Discussion!)
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2016, 02:16:30 pm »
jamon is number 3 in mcq correct? isn't it b cause 1 is a straight line?
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Re: Suggested Answers to the HSC 2016 General Maths Exam (+ Exam Discussion!)
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2016, 02:19:37 pm »
Quote from: aimbotted on October 21, 2016, 02:16:30 pm
jamon is number 3 in mcq correct? isn't it b cause 1 is a straight line?

Hey! It certainly could be B. I didn't do General maths (and I mocked up the solution), so if you've learned that the correlation coefficient in that case is only slightly negative (ie. -0.3) than you're probably correct :)

Actually, you're definitely correct, I misunderstood the value of the correlation coefficient. Great job!
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