FP1.. How was it?

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Dharini1987

Overall the paper was manageabl, apart from a couple of qns, but because everybody found it hard, maybe the boundaries would be lowered- we are talking UMS scores, so it may come up even higher!!

Reply 61

Piers

Dharini1987

so did anyone else put 3pi/8 and 7pi/8, or am i just alone on that??

exactly what I got :smile:

Reply 62

Dharini1987

YEY- i was very worried that no one else got that!!!

Reply 63

ssmoose

I did *****. Couldn't get any of the last 2 questions, so just tried to fudge the show thats. Retake form here I come!

Reply 64

Dharini1987

If we want to retake in june, do we have to fill anything out? - i mite heve to take S2 again!!

Reply 65

samd

Dharini1987

If we want to retake in june, do we have to fill anything out? - i mite heve to take S2 again!!

You wait for the results. It is then sorted out in your school. It will be made clear by your examinations officer.

Reply 66

k10k

... For the graph of f(x) or whatever (the general solution e^-t(sin2x+cos2x)
they asked to label where it crossed the x axis however the x axis was f(t) so at 1, I don't think it said on the t axis.

Reply 67

sig.fig.

What threw me was that it asked for the co-ordinates through the x-axis i.e. what we usually call the y-axis. So it wouldn't have been in terms of pi would it? (Q6 I think this is).

trunksss6 exactly.

Sorry, didn't see your post there. I pointed that out on the paper but was so convinced my answer must be wrong, I didn't even bother drawing the graph.... :mad:

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How stupid and defeatist of me.

Reply 70

k10k

I drew it like a curve but it wasn't getting smaller and smaller as time went by :tongue:

Reply 71

Popa Dom

Ugh, I came out of that thinking I did OK (finally managed the polar show thats with about 30 seconds to spare), but then once I got out, someone went, "what did your graph look like", and I was like "what graph? there wasnt a graph question... Oh dear..." Turns out I managed to not see the question at all! Tahts 4 marks down the pan, and I have a graphical calculator to cheat on it too! Ugh. Also I didnt realise the time was in hours, so I just put 2. Thought that was a bit easy... Though even so, surely multiplying a number by 60shouldnt be worth 2 marks in a Further maths exam! so yeah, lost all the easy marks through not reading. :mad:

Reply 72

Datura

**** That.

The last question was hard, the rest was ok but still much harder than I expected.

Reply 73

Dharini1987

Any guesses for the grade boundaries??

Reply 74

KAISER_MOLE

57/75 for an A, you heard it here first

Reply 75

Dharini1987

your telling me that 76% is good enough for an A? That sounds good, but sadly unrealistic- what was it last year- because it was easier than that paper.

Reply 76

np_desi

KAISER_MOLE

57/75 for an A, you heard it here first

wat about a B/C :rolleyes:

thats more likely :biggrin:

wat u say? 48-B?

Reply 77

Dharini1987

I have written down what i think the answers are for each question- please correct/ alter if necessary

1) Proof

2) x<0 and 2<x<4

3)a. show that
b. lambda = 6
c. 20

4)a. x = e^-t(Acos2t + Bsin2t)
b. x = e^-t(cos2t + sin2t)
c. 7pi/8, 3pi/8

5)a. alpha = 1.87
b. alpha = 1.866
c. 112 mins

6)a. Proof
b. lots of different solutions: I got 3y^2 + 8xy - 3x^2 = A^2
c. show that

7)a. show
b. show
c. show

Reply 78

samd

7. a. Was not a "show". Well it was a show. But they didn't give the answer to hunt for.