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OCR A-level Further Mathematics B (MEI) Core pure - 22nd May 2025 [Exam Chat]

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Reply 60

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by Jani12345
What mark do you guys think you got

ive lost at least 30 marks confirmed its not looking good 🫥

Reply 61

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by Walkablecities
I didn't


Personally I think you probably need to mention that, because the determinant is the area scale factor of the transformation so the only reason the new area is 1 is because you started with the unit square but they might let you get away with it

Reply 62

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by kicats
Personally I think you probably need to mention that, because the determinant is the area scale factor of the transformation so the only reason the new area is 1 is because you started with the unit square but they might let you get away with it

Yeah, could have cost me a mark, oh well. I can't remember the wording of the question, if it said unit square somewhere in it, I think I would have got away without it, but if not, more likely not
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Reply 63

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by beepboop3308
ive lost at least 30 marks confirmed its not looking good 🫥


same, i was once an A* student but OCR had other plans 💔💔

Reply 64

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by ewoijfewiof
This and I remember the x-coordinate for the stationary point being e^(-3/2)

I got the same x coordinate, but when I tried to get y I got an equation that didn't look like it could be one term if I use exact form. But I am fairly confident that this is the x coordinate of the stationary point.

Reply 65

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by Jani12345
Also what was ur length of ur rhombus

i think the question stated the length of one side of rhombus to be 2 and the answer you were supposed to give was in a ln form, I don't quite remember what the question wanted you to manipulate to get ln but its probably finding x from a hyperbolic.

Reply 66

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by Walkablecities
To get the k+1 part you had to chain rule (1+x)^-k and that gave you -k(1+x)^(k+1) and the -1 multiplied with the (-1)^k-1 or whatever it was and the k multiplied with the (k-1)! to give k!

for the second part of that question did you have to use mclaurin series for f(x) and sub in the value of f^n(0) to match the form?

Reply 67

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by KuraiHiya
for the second part of that question did you have to use mclaurin series for f(x) and sub in the value of f^n(0) to match the form?

Yep

Reply 68

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by wdgyjhba
Seemed fairly easy so probably following the trend but I'd say 126-133 range


fairly easy? you must be taking the ******* **** 🤣🤣

Reply 69

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by wdgyjhba
Seemed fairly easy so probably following the trend but I'd say 126-133 range

That was NOT easy bro

Reply 70

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by kicats
Did you mention the unit square had an area of 1 ?

no way u had to

Reply 71

Never put anything past OCR

Reply 72

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by oljo888
fairly easy? you must be taking the ******* **** 🤣🤣

this is what i heard, im not saying i banged it at all

Reply 73

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by sehajss
That was NOT easy bro

accoridng to others it was apparantly

Reply 74

It was certainly a considerably more difficult paper than 2024, but then again, 2024 was itself a comparatively elementary paper

Reply 75

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by nationalanthem
It was certainly a considerably more difficult paper than 2024, but then again, 2024 was itself a comparatively elementary paper

(overall i think it wasn't too bad though)

Reply 76

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by nationalanthem
(overall i think it wasn't too bad though)


ur ragebaiting 😂😂

Reply 77

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by aiakwndhdu
ur ragebaiting 😂😂

its been very 50/50 either people found it very hard or easy

Reply 78

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by wdgyjhba
its been very 50/50 either people found it very hard or easy


nah there’s absolutely no way, i got basically full marks on all the past papers when assessed in college and there’s no way i’m getting over 100 on this one

Reply 79

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by wdgyjhba
its been very 50/50 either people found it very hard or easy

This was harder than any of the past papers they actually took the ****

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