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Re: Curiosity
« on: November 06, 2010, 06:22:09 pm »
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If I lost the entire 5 marks (out of 40) in the cone question in the Methods CAS exam. What is the maximum study score I could get? (My SAC mark average is about 98% and lets assume I ace the second exam). Also, lets assume my cohort is quite strong. Is a 45+ still possible? What about a 50?
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Re: Re: Curiosity
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2010, 06:56:38 pm »
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I don't know about a 50, but 45-47 is possible.
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Re: Curiosity
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2010, 07:06:19 pm »
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sweeettt. So I would get a 47 if exam 2 was super uber hard? (like ITute or Kilbaha hard?)
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Re: Re: Curiosity
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2010, 07:08:17 pm »
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Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:06:19 pm
sweeettt. So I would get a 47 if exam 2 was super uber hard? (like ITute or Kilbaha hard?)

Yeah, even if it was easy and you still managed to ace it, ( just as you would in a hard exam ) then you should be fine.
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Re: Curiosity
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2010, 07:09:58 pm »
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Oh wow. By the way, are they going to be giving consequential marks for the cone question? Do you reckon they might give people 1 mark for giving the answer: h = 5r/2 ?
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Re: Re: Curiosity
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2010, 07:17:06 pm »
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Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:09:58 pm
Oh wow. By the way, are they going to be giving consequential marks for the cone question? Do you reckon they might give people 1 mark for giving the answer: h = 5r/2 ?

Don't know, I think it would depend on how VCAA is going to choose to mark. ( considering most of the state would have done that, and it is a two mark q's)

so if they do, most likely one mark for that and another mark for the last q's ( setting it to ds/dr=0) so a maximum of 2/5 marks would be given, so that's 37/40  if you had got the rest of the paper correct.
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Re: Curiosity
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2010, 07:23:52 pm »
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Awww... Haha ok.

If only I was born a year earlier. I easily aced last years VCAA exam 1.

By the way, I didn't even set ds/dr = 0 because I knew it would lead to r=0. Instead I drew a graph and showed that r=2 would be a maximum. Haha. Epic fail xD.

That means my max mark on that exam is 36/40. VCAA really should have made it a "Show that" question. At least, people wouldn't lose 5 marks just for getting one sub-question wrong. Oh wells, life goes on.
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Re: Re: Curiosity
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2010, 10:00:32 pm »
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Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:23:52 pm
Awww... Haha ok.

If only I was born a year earlier. I easily aced last years VCAA exam 1.

By the way, I didn't even set ds/dr = 0 because I knew it would lead to r=0. Instead I drew a graph and showed that r=2 would be a maximum. Haha. Epic fail xD.

That means my max mark on that exam is 36/40. VCAA really should have made it a "Show that" question. At least, people wouldn't lose 5 marks just for getting one sub-question wrong. Oh wells, life goes on.

Don't worry, I made up similar BS :)

"As r increases, S increases"

So over it now.
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Re: Curiosity
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2010, 11:09:22 pm »
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Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:23:52 pm
Awww... Haha ok.

If only I was born a year earlier. I easily aced last years VCAA exam 1.

>.< I wish I did Methods this year so the study score calculation would be more lenient (i.e. more marks lost to get same SS).
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Re: Re: Curiosity
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2010, 11:11:28 pm »
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Quote from: kyzoo on November 06, 2010, 11:09:22 pm
Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:23:52 pm
Awww... Haha ok.

If only I was born a year earlier. I easily aced last years VCAA exam 1.

>.< I wish I did Methods this year so the study score calculation would be more lenient (i.e. more marks lost to get same SS).

Yeah cos 48 is soooo shit and you coulda done heaps better :P
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Re: Re: Curiosity
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2010, 09:54:27 am »
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Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:23:52 pm

If only I was born a year earlier. I easily aced last years VCAA exam 1.

By the way, I didn't even set ds/dr = 0 because I knew it would lead to r=0. Instead I drew a graph and showed that r=2 would be a maximum. Haha. Epic fail xD.

That means my max mark on that exam is 36/40. VCAA really should have made it a "Show that" question. At least, people wouldn't lose 5 marks just for getting one sub-question wrong. Oh wells, life goes on.

yeah, 2010 seems to be a year of roller-coaster exams. ( i guess, that's how i see it, having done previous exams)
I reckon if it was a "show that " q's, then it would have given it away and a lot of people would have realised how to do it. i guess that's why they didn't add it in.
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Re: Curiosity
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2010, 05:53:43 pm »
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Quote from: Souljette_93 on November 07, 2010, 09:54:27 am
Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:23:52 pm

If only I was born a year earlier. I easily aced last years VCAA exam 1.

By the way, I didn't even set ds/dr = 0 because I knew it would lead to r=0. Instead I drew a graph and showed that r=2 would be a maximum. Haha. Epic fail xD.

That means my max mark on that exam is 36/40. VCAA really should have made it a "Show that" question. At least, people wouldn't lose 5 marks just for getting one sub-question wrong. Oh wells, life goes on.

yeah, 2010 seems to be a year of roller-coaster exams. ( i guess, that's how i see it, having done previous exams)
I reckon if it was a "show that " q's, then it would have given it away and a lot of people would have realised how to do it. i guess that's why they didn't add it in.
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Re: Re: Curiosity
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2010, 06:05:38 pm »
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Quote from: 99.95_for_sure on November 06, 2010, 11:11:28 pm
Quote from: kyzoo on November 06, 2010, 11:09:22 pm
Quote from: luffy on November 06, 2010, 07:23:52 pm
Awww... Haha ok.

If only I was born a year earlier. I easily aced last years VCAA exam 1.

>.< I wish I did Methods this year so the study score calculation would be more lenient (i.e. more marks lost to get same SS).

Yeah cos 48 is soooo shit and you coulda done heaps better :P

True that.

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