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Edexcel M4 Exam Discussion Thread [June 5th]

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Original post by TeeEm
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Just quoting you in here as I noticed you're online, and the exam's tomorrow so this question is fairly urgent.

When doing problems of oblique collisions of two smooth spheres (of equal radii) how do you intuitively know the direction they move in after the collision?

Wouldn't this affect the equations you form (due to differing signs)?
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Original post by ThatPerson
Just quoting you in here as I noticed you're online, and the exam's tomorrow so this question is fairly urgent.

When doing problems of oblique collisions of two smooth spheres (of equal radii) how do you intuitively know the direction they move in after the collision?

Wouldn't this affect the equations you form (due to differing signs)?


A bit late to explain this but I always mark the "after velocities" to the "right" unless I have been told or it is implied that one rebounds.
Their true direction will come out in the "wash"
Look at some solved problems in my booklets
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M4 Grade Boundaries
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****ing hell, I almost couldn't do question 6 because I didn't do enough past papers.

I wasted so much time on it, but at least I managed to do it.

Anyway, my answers.

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How was todays exam. can anyone post the answers ?
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It was unstable.



Original post by simonli2575
****ing hell, I almost couldn't do question 6 because I didn't do enough past papers.

I wasted so much time on it, but at least I managed to do it.

Anyway, my answers.

Spoiler

I got the same answers (except unstable) I think! How did everyone find it?
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burianl
I got unstable, messed up question two tho.......
Original post by Gallax
It was unstable.


Original post by Human156
I got the same answers (except unstable) I think! How did everyone find it?


Original post by burianl
I got unstable, messed up question two tho.......


****.
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Oh no i didnt, i just said that the wind blows on a bearing of 284 degrees
I too messed up the second question.(it was really stupid mistake). I got unstable. And expected grade boundries ?
i got stable with d2v coming out as -1/2 but im likely to be wrong. I got the speed w correct sqrt(106)U/16 but i didnt find it in surd form, i.e 0.63 U do you guys think ill get the marks?
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i got stable with d2v coming out as -1/2 but im likely to be wrong. I got the speed w correct sqrt(106)U/16 but i didnt find it in surd form, i.e 0.63 U do you guys think ill get the marks?


Yup that should be ok. What are you expecting the grade boundries to be ?
Original post by simonli2575
****ing hell, I almost couldn't do question 6 because I didn't do enough past papers.

I wasted so much time on it, but at least I managed to do it.

Anyway, my answers.

Spoiler



Got the same, apart from. 2, shouldn't speed be the square root of(272
Original post by Gome44
Got the same, apart from. 2, shouldn't speed be the square root of(272


Oh I just forgot.
Anyone else get 15 degrees for question 3?
I got destroyed, now I need to do well in M5 :'(
Pretty easy paper I thought, 2 of the simplest relative motion questions they could of asked :smile:
Original post by Gome44
Got the same, apart from. 2, shouldn't speed be the square root of(272


agreed
Predicted grade boundaries anyone?

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