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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #90 on: November 05, 2010, 08:46:42 pm »
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Quote from: kat148 on November 05, 2010, 06:23:45 pm
Knew about similar triangles but complete mind blank fucked me over

only realised what the question was asking for with 30 secs to go :(

You're usually very calm and don't post to often, so to see you swear and rant, just shows how much of an injustice that question was.
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #91 on: November 05, 2010, 08:49:43 pm »
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #92 on: November 05, 2010, 08:52:46 pm »
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« Reply #93 on: November 05, 2010, 08:54:30 pm »
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I used similar triangle but didn't realise the ratio for r was 10 or w/e MINUS r /r and just used r/5 =[
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #94 on: November 05, 2010, 08:55:27 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on November 05, 2010, 08:46:42 pm
Quote from: kat148 on November 05, 2010, 06:23:45 pm
Knew about similar triangles but complete mind blank fucked me over

only realised what the question was asking for with 30 secs to go :(

You're usually very calm and don't post to often, so to see you swear and rant, just shows how much of an injustice that question was.

LMAO!
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #95 on: November 05, 2010, 08:56:18 pm »
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SOME ONE GET ME OFF THIS COMPUTER .. I HAVE EXAM 2 TO STUDY FOR..!!!!!!!!!!! @@@@!!
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #96 on: November 05, 2010, 08:58:05 pm »
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can somebody tell me what karma does?  :o
does it have to do with failing cone of death
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #97 on: November 05, 2010, 08:58:20 pm »
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Quote from: samiira on November 05, 2010, 08:56:18 pm
SOME ONE GET ME OFF THIS COMPUTER .. I HAVE EXAM 2 TO STUDY FOR..!!!!!!!!!!! @@@@!!
Press the logout button and simply walk away..

Then go pick up a practice exam.
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #98 on: November 05, 2010, 09:03:19 pm »
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Quote from: shilayli06 on November 05, 2010, 08:58:20 pm
Quote from: samiira on November 05, 2010, 08:56:18 pm
SOME ONE GET ME OFF THIS COMPUTER .. I HAVE EXAM 2 TO STUDY FOR..!!!!!!!!!!! @@@@!!
Press the logout button and simply walk away..

Then go pick up a practice exam.

Or alternatively, ask a mod to ban you :P
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #99 on: November 05, 2010, 09:04:25 pm »
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Addition wasn't taught as part of Methods course yet you still managed to do that....
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #100 on: November 05, 2010, 09:07:43 pm »
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^Oh lets compare something we have been able to do for 15 or so years give or take a few with something a fair number of people have NEVER been taught in their lives...
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #101 on: November 05, 2010, 09:09:11 pm »
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Quote from: dude on November 05, 2010, 09:04:25 pm
Addition wasn't taught as part of Methods course yet you still managed to do that....
Addition is an integral part of maths...
I only learned similar triangles this year in further though
But if you've done loads of practice exams then you should know that you should know similar triangles...
And even if you didn't, it would've been logical to use ratios
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #102 on: November 05, 2010, 09:14:19 pm »
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I do think it was possible to do with methods knowledge. You could construct a graph with the vertex at the origin. The question, however, was whether it was an appropriate question for the exam.
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #103 on: November 05, 2010, 09:25:41 pm »
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Well as TT proved, it is actually on the study design and is therefore assumed knowledge, in which case it's 'legal' and fair game really. Problem is whether it's 'ethical' or simply put, a dog move by VCAA. Similarly, all of Chemistry 1/2 is apparently assumed knowledge for 3/4. However, the dreaded occasion where they bring out all that 1/2 only stuff like the different atomic models and such has never come yet and I don't expect it to given it's complete lack of synergy with the content in 3/4. Maths is a bit more of a grey area I'd say since most of the concepts relate. Still, the fact that certain schools haven't taught it in previous years worries me though because I'm fairly certain I learnt similar triangles a long time before Methods 3/4... In this case, it'd more be the schools' fault than VCAA's if so.
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Re: CONE OF DEATH!
« Reply #104 on: November 05, 2010, 09:34:18 pm »
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Quote from: samiira on November 05, 2010, 08:56:18 pm
SOME ONE GET ME OFF THIS COMPUTER .. I HAVE EXAM 2 TO STUDY FOR..!!!!!!!!!!! @@@@!!

nah, keep posting.  i like your dp :P
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