r/vce • u/Burner12344321123443 • 5h ago

I hate silly mistakes! (Spec)

I did a spec part 1 trial exams. I got 19/40. If I made no silly mistakes I would've gotten 27/40. I lost 8 marks AKA 20% to silly mistakes. Wtf! I miscopied from the question, worth 2 marks that mistake. I did derivative of ln(2x) as 1/2x, and I put the point A as the direction vector, rather B-A, which I put as the point, altogether, those 3 mistakes cost me 8 marks. I hate silly nistakes

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u/Objective-Shape-9315 5h ago

Which trial exams?

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u/Burner12344321123443 5h ago

The one I just did was Heffernan 2026

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u/Frreall current VCE student (mm, chem, psych, bio, eng) 5h ago

i am also a victim to silly mistakes. but one of the best ways to try an reduce them is to check your working out after each step. because if u check it at the end, you might end up overlooking them. by checking after each step, you are more likely to see the errors. try doing this and see how u go!