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  1. Emissionspectra's Avatar
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    (Original post by princess marie)
    oh..time up! stil i didnt touch any of c3 questions..
    I'm sure you will be fine. C3 isn't that bad.
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
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    here
    do you happen by any chance have the mark scheme for jan 12 as well?
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
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    do you happen by any chance have the mark scheme for jan 12 as well?
    No sorry.
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
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    Well I tried but didn't really manage to get it in the correct form. What should I convert the \huge cos^22\Theta in to?
    Sorry I only just saw this, the question says in terms of cos4\theta . So it would be cos4\theta=2cos^2\theta-1 rearrange to get what cos2^2 is equal to
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    (Original post by Emissionspectra)
    Sorry I only just saw this, the question says in terms of cos4\theta . So it would be cos4\theta=2cos^2\theta-1 rearrange to get what cos2^2 is equal to
    It's cool, wasn't really too bad just needed to look at the other parts of the question and realise you could sub :facepalm:

    Thanks anyway
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
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    Hi can someone help me out with
    http://pdf.ocr.org.uk/download/pp_10..._gce_4723.pdf?
    June 10
    Q4 ii
    Thanks
    integrate between the line x=2 and y=4/x so do integral of (4/x)^2-(2)^2 as it is volume of revolution. Once integrated sub x=6 and x=2 and you should get right answer.
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    Does anyone have mark scheme for OCR 2012 C3 paper January?


    And does anyone knows how to solve this question

    tan(θ + 60◦ ) tan(θ − 60◦ ) = 4 sec2 θ − 3,

    it is from ocr C3 2007 June

    Many thanks for help!
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    someone help me with question 9i from jan 2012,
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
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    someone help me with question 9i from jan 2012,
    Think about completing the square on the the function to get it in a form you can see each transformation.
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
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    Think about completing the square on the the function to get it in a form you can see each transformation.
    it said differentiate it, I did and still got the wrong answer. SMH
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    (Original post by Sir Grig)
    Does anyone have mark scheme for OCR 2012 C3 paper January?


    And does anyone knows how to solve this question

    tan(θ + 60◦ ) tan(θ − 60◦ ) = 4 sec2 θ − 3,

    it is from ocr C3 2007 June

    Many thanks for help!
    Well part i. of that question gives you what the LHS of that equation is equal to. So set what they give you equal to your RHS there, rearrange the equation and use the identities you know (hint: sec^2θ involving tan) and solve.
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
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    it said differentiate it, I did and still got the wrong answer. SMH
    Aren't you now looking at the second part where they're asking for the range now?
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    (Original post by Emissionspectra)
    Sorry I only just saw this, the question says in terms of cos4\theta . So it would be cos4\theta=2cos^2\theta-1 rearrange to get what cos2^2 is equal to
    cos4\theta=2cos^22\theta-1
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    Really helpful... better than the mark schemes.. worked through answers for each module here!!

    http://www.kingsmaths.co.uk/y1213_GL_solutions.htm
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    Can someone please explain why
    sec (x) + tan (x) = 0 has no solutions? betweet 0 and 360degrees... I got 270?
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    (Original post by josh6699)
    Really helpful... better than the mark schemes.. worked through answers for each module here!!

    http://www.kingsmaths.co.uk/y1213_GL_solutions.htm
    Awww no 2012 stuff yet i was just getting my Printer ready to get them ah well. thanks for the site!
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    (Original post by Aimanos)
    Can someone please explain why
    sec (x) + tan (x) = 0 has no solutions? betweet 0 and 360degrees... I got 270?
    I squared then to get sec^2(x) + tan^2(x)=0. Sec^2(x)=1+tan^2(x) so I rewrote the equation in terms of tan(x) and got 1+2tan^2(x)=0. Then I got tan^2(x)=-0.5 which would be a Math error on my calculator so I took that to mean there were no solutions. I don't know if that's right though...
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    I really hope the paper's nicer than the January 2012 one
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    (Original post by Sem193)
    I really hope the paper's nicer than the January 2012 one
    yh same btw are you allowed to just square things?
    and ty for answering my question
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    Re: C3 (Not MEI) - Thursday June 14 2012, AM
    (Original post by Aimanos)
    yh same btw are you allowed to just square things?
    and ty for answering my question
    I have no idea. That's what I just though of doing. What paper was that question from?
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