[ohmyBEAUT]

Good luck with the exam guys!
Really not ready for this though.

[emah123]

(Original post by emzics)
I took this exam in January earlier this year and got a D. Thought I was ready but I may have been wrong.. So I started revising extra early for the exam tomorrow lol not really i started yesterday. But it seems pretty okay. Anyway I thought I would give some tips! (not that many will take my advice after saying that)
But the best thing to do is go through every single past paper on the MEI website and with every question you get wrong, write all the solutions down and memorise how to do them. Although that may be hard the day before the exam so maybe a few of the past papers will do!
Good luck although I hope you all do dreadfully to lower the grade boundaries for me. (If you could that would be great! Cheers.)

sorry could you give me the link to the MEI website???

[Coffee_Please]

hey guys, what are all the experiments that we need to know the details about?
ones i can think of so far are
-free fall of ball
-inclined plane with little car
-stretching of a metal wire

are there any more!?

[DavidH20]

MEI is for the mechanics module of A level maths, not physics I'm pretty sure...

[patterson]

(Original post by tommeh_)
has anyone got the january paper from this year? i took the exam but i want to retake it in preparation for tomorrow

thanks

mechanics jan 2012 is attached plus its markscheme. take a look, pls revise , lets all get A's lol

[patterson]

read young modulus experiment

galileo and aristottle experiment and their observations.

for young moduls, they might give us cross sectional area as mm^-2 like in january 2012 paper. learn how to convert units.

look at prefixes aswell just incase. never know what might happen.

[JuxtaposedJames]

(Original post by patterson)
mechanics jan 2012 is attached plus its markscheme. take a look, pls revise , lets all get A's lol

Cheeers

[ZakRob]

(Original post by Coffee_Please)
hey guys, what are all the experiments that we need to know the details about?
ones i can think of so far are
-free fall of ball
-inclined plane with little car
-stretching of a metal wire

are there any more!?

They could also ask how to detemine the centre of gravity, of an object.

These are the marking points they generally want, when they ask how to do the experiment:

1. (Suspend plate/object from a point and then) mark a vertical line on the plate/object
2. use Plumb line to determine a vertical line
3. Hang from another point / place (and draw another vertical line) (wtte)
4. Where the lines intersect gives position of centre of gravity (wtte

[patterson]

who had an exam today?

[Sarabande]

I had RS. It went really well, the paper was perfect for my needs. I got a C in this in January, hoping for an A. Hopefully.

[EmilyBea]

what do you all predict will come up tomorrow?

[Kreayshawn]

is work done per second the same as power?
can i use p=fv for both of them?

also, how do i do this question:

mark scheme doesn't explain much

[Sarabande]

Same material therefore same breaking stress.

[TempleQC]

(Original post by Kreayshawn)
is work done per second the same as power?
can i use p=fv for both of them?

also, how do i do this question:

mark scheme doesn't explain much

What I did when I did that question was 15/0.50 = 30.
Breaking force equals 240 x 30^2.
Because 15mm is 30times bigger than 0.50.
And the breaking force is proportional to force x factor of increase squared.
Remember breaking force is proportional to speed^2. So I used that to sort of help me. Hope it makes sense.

[Sarabande]

Both methods get the same answer but breaking force is proportional to speed^2? Don't you mean BRAKING DISTANCE is proportional to speed^2?

[Coffee_Please]

(Original post by ZakRob)
They could also ask how to detemine the centre of gravity, of an object.

These are the marking points they generally want, when they ask how to do the experiment:

1. (Suspend plate/object from a point and then) mark a vertical line on the plate/object
2. use Plumb line to determine a vertical line
3. Hang from another point / place (and draw another vertical line) (wtte)
4. Where the lines intersect gives position of centre of gravity (wtte

thank you so much lifesaver!!

[genetic paradox]

GPS is rarely on the papers so expect a question, and also know how to spell "trilateration" correctly, and perpendicular, easy easy marks

[TempleQC]

Lol yeah she knew what I meant :P

[ZakRob]

(Original post by Coffee_Please)
thank you so much lifesaver!!

No problem if it comes up tommorow, it'l be some easy marks

[JuxtaposedJames]

I am hoping for an easy paper tomorrow

I reckon crumple zones and projectile questions will come up