S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST

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  1. Arsey's Avatar
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    (Original post by Gibbo81)
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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
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    Can you remember how you got it?


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    I integrated 1/3 - x/30 with upper limit x and lower limit 4, the constant I got was 16/15. I just tried again and that is what I got.
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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
    I reckon the boundaries will be very similar to those in January 2012:
    100 - 74
    A* - 70
    A - 66
    B - 60
    C - 54
    D - 48
    E - 42

    Book it.
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    (Original post by exam2k10)
    I integrated 1/3 - x/30 with upper limit x and lower limit 4, the constant I got was 16/15. I just tried again and that is what I got.
    Yep. Then you've got to add the area of the previous region(s) then you'll get -2/3 or what ever it was. Also it should be -16/15



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    (Original post by Arsey)
    Public forum


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    Don't worry. I'll pm you


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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
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    Yep. Then you've got to add the area of the previous region(s) then you'll get -2/3 or what ever it was. Also it should be -16/15



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    That's what I meant, -16/15, sorry. But why would you add the area of the previous regions? Don't you just want the area of that region alone?
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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
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    Yeah you will get 2 or 3 methods for part a and possibly a method for part b so maybe 4 marks.



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    How ?? I think i can only get maximum 2 out of 5 really . In my opinion , there have to be at least 2 accuracy marks so if u do poisson , u never going to get that
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    (Original post by exam2k10)
    That's what I meant, -16/15, sorry. But why would you add the area of the previous regions? Don't you just want the area of that region alone?
    Because F(x) is the total area up to that point of the whole PDF


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    (Original post by tangkykiet)
    How ?? I think i can only get maximum 2 out of 5 really . In my opinion , there have to be at least 2 accuracy marks so if u do poisson , u never going to get that
    Sorry I thought you meant the whole of Q8. Yeah I reckon you'll probably get 2 or possibly 3 out of 5 in the first part.


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    what did peoples sketch look like? best I can describe mine is a sorta volcano :lol:
    Curved from 0 to the top then straight line between 3-4 and then straight line down to 10
    Not 100% on numbers but it was curve
    Horizontal
    Straight line down


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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
    (Original post by Gibbo81)
    Sorry I thought you meant the whole of Q8. Yeah I reckon you'll probably get 2 or possibly 3 out of 5 in the first part.


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    No worry , thanks you for your help
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    (Original post by jukebox123)
    I reckon the boundaries will be very similar to those in January 2012:
    100 - 74
    A* - 70
    A - 66
    B - 60
    C - 54
    D - 48
    E - 42

    Book it.
    Hope ur right some of the questions seemed to trip people so if that's the case in hopeful for an A


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    Hope ur right some of the questions seemed to trip people so if that's the case in hopeful for an A


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    I think 66 is a bit high. We'll see.


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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
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    Because F(x) is the total area up to that point of the whole PDF


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    So how many marks do I lose for that part if I got everything else right?

    Also for the next part (7c), do I lose all the marks or do you reckon I get marks for error carried forward?
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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
    I got the critical region to be less than or equal to 7 and bigger than or equal to 17 how many marks will i lose for putting 17 instead of 18?
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    (Original post by exam2k10)
    So how many marks do I lose for that part if I got everything else right?

    Also for the next part (7c), do I lose all the marks or do you reckon I get marks for error carried forward?
    You'll lose 3 marks probably as I guess you got the other constant wrong as well. Then you'll probably lose 1 more in the final part.


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    I got the critical region to be less than or equal to 7 and bigger than or equal to 17 how many marks will i lose for putting 17 instead of 18?
    Depends what working you did but one or two is my guess


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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
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    Hey Gibbo, just checking this is fine - if you wrote the CRs down from tables straight away (with their probabilities) you shouldn't lose any marks right?
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    Re: S2 Edexcel Thursday 24th May AM - PAPER & SOLUTIONS IN FIRST POST
    Hi Gibbo, thanks for the solutions. +rep

    I was wondering for 5d, if I calculated the probability inside 0.5min either side of the mean rather than outside, would I be able to pick up a mark? I was only really lacking the "1 - ans" part if I had tackled the real question this way I believe
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    (Original post by safmaster)
    Hey Gibbo, just checking this is fine - if you wrote the CRs down from tables straight away (with their probabilities) you shouldn't lose any marks right?
    Yeah should be fine. I just include more working in the solutions so people know how I did it.


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