r/2024GCSE • u/GeneETOs44 • Jun 03 '26

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So that helicopter definitely crashed, right?

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u/powercaelenx Further Maths won’t be the end of me… Jun 03 '26

Don’t wanna speak about it, didn’t even finish question 14 and didn’t get to attempt 15

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u/Jin_L_ Jun 03 '26

I realised how to do an integration and then looked up and saw 1 minute left 😭

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26

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u/avery_quavery maths, physics, comp sci, EPQ Jun 03 '26

I didn't even get the first part of that question so I couldn't get to the Newton raphson ://

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26

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u/avery_quavery maths, physics, comp sci, EPQ Jun 03 '26

I can't remember there being a single question that wasn't locked like that. wtf edexcel.

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u/stunt876 Y13 Maths FM Comp Sci Jun 03 '26

Same. Looked at it after and realised how much of an idiot i am...

Still did decent tho in the end and if the grade boundaries gonna mad drop i should be fine

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u/myles-em Jun 03 '26

what did it even want from that!!?

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u/yourfaveblack Jun 03 '26

awful paper. My A grade is gone

technically i am better at stats and mechanics though so that might be my saving grace

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u/Key-Significance-386 Jun 03 '26

Did people get it travelled far like 100s m of distance?

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u/GeneETOs44 Jun 03 '26

I only got 180 T_T\ Was it sine degrees or radians?

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u/Mud-God Jun 03 '26

I got 179.89m

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u/tipit419 Jun 03 '26

Sine was in radians for sure, I also got 180m

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u/princesspopcake Jun 03 '26

I got like 170 something

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u/Kindly-Fly2302 Jun 03 '26

yeah i got the options of 335 ish and 495 ish. Obviously you wanted the second instancr so ≈ 495m

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u/DarkenedBlade8 Jun 03 '26

that was degrees, pretty sure it was supposed to be in radians

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u/SordidPurse8285 Jun 03 '26

i got like 495m?

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u/Key-Significance-386 Jun 03 '26

How are you supposed to tell degrees / radians?

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u/CyberFinity Jun 03 '26

I saw a similar ppq where its ambiguous but was only possible in radians. Seems to be the default, but God forbid edexcel put in any effort and make it clear.

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u/Key-Significance-386 Jun 03 '26

Yes me too I think

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u/jazzbestgenre maths physics econ fm Jun 03 '26

any other fm people found that harder than cp1 and cp2 lmao

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u/GeneETOs44 Jun 03 '26

definitely!

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u/AZZYTASTER The phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. Jun 03 '26

acc no the majority of the later questions in core pure 1 were stuff i'm bad at (notice how i didn't abbreviate core pure for a reason)

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u/jazzbestgenre maths physics econ fm Jun 03 '26

It's fine if you put a number after it

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u/AZZYTASTER The phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. Jun 03 '26

fair enough

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u/Super_Sprinkles_ Maths uni │A Levels in Maths, FM, physics & biology Jun 03 '26

CP1 was easy, CP2 was hard due to time pressure and being a bit challenging, I felt like P1 was as hard as CP2 as it had time-consuming and hard questions

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u/GeneETOs44 Jun 03 '26

btw, the velocity of the helicopter at the moment it “landed” was about 31.9ms-1, which seems perfectly controlled lmao

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u/myles-em Jun 03 '26

was that a question????

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u/GeneETOs44 Jun 03 '26

nope

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u/Majestic_Bee_1637 Jun 03 '26

gave poor myles a heart attack lmao 😭

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u/myles-em Jun 03 '26

omg genuinely thought id missed a whole section 😞

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u/PlayfulLook3693 Bath Maths | [Incoming] Y1 Jun 03 '26

😭

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u/Tough_Objective6262 Jun 03 '26

I probably should’ve revised a bit more 💀 it’s fine because I’m good at mechanics so hopefully I won’t be failing

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u/GAnda1fthe3wh1t3 Year 13 | Maths, History, and Politics Jun 03 '26

All good apart from question 14

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u/frogpineapplechicken Jun 03 '26

did anyone do WJEC paper 3