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A vector question

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midas_touch:
Do they even teach cross products as part of the course?

Collin Li:
Nope, and it means that you can't use it on a Specialist paper (unless you lay the groundwork for it by first principles - good luck doing that :P).

enwiabe:
I reckon it'd be about as tedious as those 3 annoyingly stupid simultaneous equations.

Ahmad:
I emailed VCAA regarding whether use of maths beyond the specialist course was allowed. I didn't get a reply. Does anyone know for certain whether it's allowed? I'm curious. :)

Ninox:
we asked that once, since a good half of the MUEP cohort was in my class.
my spesh teacher told us a lot of things about what Phillip swedosh, the spesh chief examiner said regarding special techniques. Yes you can use techniques beyond the spesh course (integration by parts and vector cross product for example) provided you show all working and get EVERYTHING 100% correct. So if your answer and working are totally right, you're doing fine.
However, if your answer is wrong, you won't get many, if any, working out marks for using 'exotic' maths.
 

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