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  1. Direct15's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by MarkR7)
    my M.C answers were, ? after means i guessed

    1. C
    2. D
    3. B
    4. B
    5. A
    6. C
    7. A
    8. C
    9. A
    10.B
    11.D
    12.A ?
    13.B
    14.A
    15.D?
    16.D
    17.A?
    18.B?
    19.B
    20.D
    Got:

    1.c
    2.d
    3.b
    4.b
    5.a
    6.c
    7.a
    8.c
    9.a
    10.b?
    11.d
    12.c?
    13.d
    14.a
    15.d
    16.c
    17.d
    18.d
    19.b
    20.d ( i know the answer is a)
  2. lapples's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    See for 23a (section B P1), did anyone get:
    a) 3y-x=8
    b)y+3x=1
    c) (-0.5,2.5)
    d) 1 - don't think that bit is right
  3. ..lauren's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by -Neuro-)
    My teacher 20 was B Are you sure she said it was B? I could be wrong because my teacher didn't do the paper, she told us the answer after a glance at it.
    No way? Please let that be right!!!!
  4. StudyAk's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by ..lauren)
    4 was B, 12 was B, 13 was D and I think 20 was A (although I got B). I only know this because one of our teachers marked it. I got 18 and 20 wrong
    was 12 really b. i dont know about the max value but im sure that x value was 5pi/6
  5. daisyclouds's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    Paper 2 was a disgrace, got to the point were I was literally writing, cannot factorise so I'm changing the number.. I mean what the hell is that? Never have I thought that I would resort to making up my own numbers
  6. CalvinJay's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by katoes)
    Kicking myself- think I did 6 in degrees
    same here, how many marks will we lose?
  7. UPSDGoat's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by CalvinJay)
    did anyone else get 3.41 for 7 (b)?
    I got 3.41
  8. tomathon1's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by katoes)
    Kicking myself- think I did 6 in degrees
    same got 90 and 270 but diddent say it was within the limit either
  9. TheFOMaster's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    The answers I posted were what I got with Laurens edits, There all correct as far as I can tell, (I agree with the edits ) But question 20 may be wrong
  10. Siwel95's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by ..lauren)
    No way? Please let that be right!!!!
    I got B for 20, i don't see how 2 is the answer.
  11. cmcsorley17's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    Anyone else get x=~0.88 and y=~3.4 for 7 on paper 2? That one was a doozy
  12. mimx's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    7 looks like it should work out to be:

    \dfrac{log(9)}{log(12)}

    y would be 3.41...
  13. lapples's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by daisyclouds)
    Paper 2 was a disgrace, got to the point were I was literally writing, cannot factorise so I'm changing the number.. I mean what the hell is that? Never have I thought that I would resort to making up my own numbers
    For a few of them i practically had to write I'm not an idiot, I know how numbers work, but you're being mean this year
    I wrote about parallel lines and then I was like I know that -H'(x) is the inverse, and twice as big, but I don't know what the first one was, therefore I CANNOT draw it for you!
    I now dislike the SQA a whole lot more....
  14. christinaaxox's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    I have accepted defeat, goodbye any hopes of doing medicine.
  15. Jxck's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by bethm95)
    I didn't find it too bad, paper two had a few tricky ones in it, but I had a stab at them still confident for an A I think. wby?
    Yeah I'm pretty similar, harder than expected, still confident for an A, and got some nice looking answers for the hard ones
  16. -Neuro-'s Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by ..lauren)
    No way? Please let that be right!!!!
    Guess we're both on the same boat the I hope so.... How could it be A where the answer was 2?


    Has anyone got a paper 1 which they could upload?
    If nobody has then I shall try to upload mine but it has writing plastered over it....
  17. Jxck's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by mimx)
    7 looks like it should work out to be:

    \dfrac{log(9)}{log(12)}

    y would be 3.41...
    DD
  18. ..lauren's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by Siwel95)
    I got B for 20, i don't see how 2 is the answer.
    Nor do I! Heres hoping the teacher is wrong... But he is the head of maths and has a PhD so that's reasonably unlikely :P
  19. TheFOMaster's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by lapples)
    For a few of them i practically had to write I'm not an idiot, I know how numbers work, but you're being mean this year
    I wrote about parallel lines and then I was like I know that -H'(x) is the inverse, and twice as big, but I don't know what the first one was, therefore I CANNOT draw it for you!
    I now dislike the SQA a whole lot more....
    Most of Circle question is me writing to the marker that this is how it works :P.

    Did everyone else get the equation to be (x+5)^2 + (y-5)^2 = 40?
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    Re: Higher Maths 2012
    (Original post by lapples)
    See for 23a (section B P1), did anyone get:
    a) 3y-x=8
    b)y+3x=1
    c) (-0.5,2.5)
    d) 1 - don't think that bit is right
    I defo got b) how did you get y+3x=1

    ???
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