The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread

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  1. monstersam's Avatar
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by wam-bam)
    it's here

    http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocu...cal-Tables.pdf

    on page 5

    also here is a briliant C2 in a page thing which gives you all the formulas we need and there's smiley faces next to the ones that are given to us in the formula booklet!

    http://www.morehouse.org.uk/MH_Pupil...2inEssence.pdf

    hope that helps!
    Great! Thanks so much!
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    What are the proofs for geometric series?
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by 101101)
    What are the proofs for geometric series?
    you need to prove the formula for the sum of a series
    look it up in your text book or
    http://www.examsolutions.co.uk/maths...tutorial-1.php
    Last edited by gdunne42; 22-05-2012 at 14:35.
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
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    What are the proofs for geometric series?
    

{S}_{n}=a + ar + a{ r }^{ 2 } + ... + a{ r }^{ n-1 }

r{S}_{n}=ar + a{ r }^{ 2 } + a{ r }^{ 3 } + ... + a{ r }^{ n }

    Subtracting:

    

{S}_{n} - r{ S }_{ n }=a - a{ r }^{ n }

{S}_{n}(1 - r)=a(1 - { r }^{ n })

{S}_{n} = \frac {a(1 - { r }^{ n })}{1 - r}
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    Here's my notes if anyone wants them :P
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Brad0440)
    Here's my notes if anyone wants them :P
    Thanks! These are great!
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    What are the reasons for your estimations of the area under a curve being over/under using the trapezium rule?

    June 09 4c I've got the answer as 6.133 which is correct but then it asks whether this is an over or under estimate and asks for a reason why. Never seen this question before and it's 2 marks so if anyone could help, much appreciated.
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    Do we need to know transformations for this C2 exam??
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Scorcher)
    What are the reasons for your estimations of the area under a curve being over/under using the trapezium rule?

    June 09 4c I've got the answer as 6.133 which is correct but then it asks whether this is an over or under estimate and asks for a reason why. Never seen this question before and it's 2 marks so if anyone could help, much appreciated.
    Can be either;
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    If they ask the graph will probably be fairly easy to draw, or it might even be provided already.
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Scorcher)
    What are the reasons for your estimations of the area under a curve being over/under using the trapezium rule?

    June 09 4c I've got the answer as 6.133 which is correct but then it asks whether this is an over or under estimate and asks for a reason why. Never seen this question before and it's 2 marks so if anyone could help, much appreciated.
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Scorcher)
    What are the reasons for your estimations of the area under a curve being over/under using the trapezium rule?

    June 09 4c I've got the answer as 6.133 which is correct but then it asks whether this is an over or under estimate and asks for a reason why. Never seen this question before and it's 2 marks so if anyone could help, much appreciated.
    Think those above me have got you covered ;P But heres just a quick doodle of how it looks from question.
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Wooden)
    Do we need to know transformations for this C2 exam??
    Yeah. The 2012 January C2 one had a transformation question.
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by BaconFTW)
    Can be either;
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    If they ask the graph will probably be fairly easy to draw, or it might even be provided already.

    (Original post by Brad0440)
    ||

    (Original post by gadzoinks)
    Think those above me have got you covered ;P But heres just a quick doodle of how it looks from question.
    Thanks people! I understand it now
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    I am expecting a big GP question probably involving logs to solve. Also, get all over the proof as it hasn't been asked for a long time.

    I am also expecting a difficult circles question.
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    It is worth reading through the last few C2 exam threads, see what the common errors were

    Jan 2012

    http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show....php?t=1892666


    Revision thread

    Contains past papers, boundaries, model answers etc

    http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show....php?t=1619114
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Arsey)
    I am expecting a big GP question probably involving logs to solve. Also, get all over the proof as it hasn't been asked for a long time.

    I am also expecting a difficult circles question.
    Can I ask a few questions?

    (1) By big GP question do you mean something similar to the one found in June 2007 (http://www.thomas-reddington.com/upl..._june_2007.pdf) [question 8]?
    Though this isn't a difficult example, is this what you mean? A wordy question finishing with some log rearrangement?

    (2) Which proofs do we need to know asides Sum of a geometric series for C2?

    (3) Can I ask what kind of thing you'd expect to make a circles question difficult. Would it just require a knowledge of all the circle theorems?

    Many thanks indeed!
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by dslc)
    Can I ask a few questions?

    (1) By big GP question do you mean something similar to the one found in June 2007 (http://www.thomas-reddington.com/upl..._june_2007.pdf) [question 8]?
    Though this isn't a difficult example, is this what you mean? A wordy question finishing with some log rearrangement?

    (2) Which proofs do we need to know asides Sum of a geometric series for C2?

    (3) Can I ask what kind of thing you'd expect to make a circles question difficult. Would it just require a knowledge of all the circle theorems?

    Many thanks indeed!
    Yeah prob

    Just that one

    Just one that requires a bit of thought, knowledge of circle thms and trig
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by Arsey)
    Yeah prob

    Just that one

    Just one that requires a bit of thought, knowledge of circle thms and trig
    Thanks a lot
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    why it gotta be hard @@ after setting a retarded s1 paper
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    Re: The Edexcel C2 (24/05/12 - AM) Revision Thread
    (Original post by dslc)
    (2) Which proofs do we need to know asides Sum of a geometric series for C2?
    That is the only proof you need to know
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