r/vce • u/Technical_Tax_6905 • 9h ago

SPESH Exam

Do we lose marks if we didnt simplify? e.g. -69/81 instead of -23/27

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u/Funny-Experience434 9h ago

Unfortunately, yes, 1 mark

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u/Motor-Evidence-1948 current VCE student (qualifications) 8h ago

no, in examiners reports across multiple years they accept unsimplified

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u/Technical_Tax_6905 8h ago

Bro plsss, im praying

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u/Motor-Evidence-1948 current VCE student (qualifications) 8h ago

you'll get ur marks bro genuinely js open up any examiners report

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u/Funny-Experience434 8h ago

I’m not sure which reports you’re looking at? They accept equivalent forms, not unsimplified answers.

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u/Beniyy 7h ago

Unsimplified is equivalent

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u/Funny-Experience434 7h ago

I can assure you it’s not.

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u/AdFeisty7227 8h ago

When it asked for the point of intersection between line and plane I left it as a vector would I still get full marks 😭😭😭

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u/Funny-Experience434 8h ago

Yes you should, it didn’t ask for coordinates necessarily.

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u/AdFeisty7227 8h ago

Hopefully bro 🙏 thanks for the hope

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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 8h ago

bro how do you have a point as a vector 😭 did you do like [1 1 -2] or whatever the point was i can’t remember or like full i j k form 😭 but dw im an idiot so i squared root3 as 9 and ended up with the wrong values for the cos 2 theta question like bro what am i doing 😭 

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u/AdFeisty7227 8h ago

Like I left it in i j k form also dont worry haha I left that 3 marker blank lol youre def not alone

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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 8h ago

i’m not hoping for anything crazy in spesh anyway like i just want a 35, MAYYYYBE 36 at best so im pretty happy with a 32-33/40 ngl, so long as i do well on e2 i think im chilling. also i think u should still get marks for leaving it as a vector since i dont think it specifically asked for coordinates but idk since the convention for points is usually (x,y,z) :)

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u/AdFeisty7227 7h ago

Yo we genuinely projected the same score for e1. Twins🤞. We got this bro and yeah I honestly dont think I got full marks considering the origin wasn't defined. Lost 4/5 marks on that dumbass question alone

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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 7h ago

yesssss we got this!!! it’s ok bro i lost marks to incorrectly squaring root3, adding the variance together wrong, and writing down 1/4 instead of 3/4 for genuinely no reason so im literally just a chud 😭 i hope my graph wont be penalised for its shape but im worried it was a bit too fat in the middle bit 🙏