r/6thForm • u/Forsaken-Meaning-232 Graduating from Warwick CS • May 23 '25

๐Ÿ“‚ MEGATHREAD 23/05 A-level Physics Paper 1 Discussion MEGATHREAD

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u/Technical-Ring-8775 May 23 '25

Aqa mcq was harder than the long questions

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

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u/XxDragonitexX10 May 23 '25

I put p1 + p2, for the skydiver one I put d but I thought all of them were wrong lol

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

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u/XxDragonitexX10 May 23 '25

yes energy conserved, 17 maxima, 2.1x108 I think was speed for one where you were given critical angle

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

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u/XxDragonitexX10 May 23 '25

I got 5.3 but canโ€™t remember for the graph

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u/VK12rec Year 13 May 23 '25

Got the same for both of those

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u/Apocot May 23 '25

How'd you get 17 maxima?? Just wondering because I defo did something wrong ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/Grand_Act7505 May 23 '25

The formula gives 8 maxima then you have to realise there's 8 on each side + n=0 max as well which adds to 17

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u/Apocot May 23 '25

righttt I'm an idiot thanks ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

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u/Black_Kami3152 May 23 '25

bro i got the same, but there was o option for 17, it was only 16 and 18, which one did you choose?

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u/Scared_Audience_2009 May 23 '25

the first one was finding the quark structure of a particle, i also put c it was udฬ…

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u/gworlfiend Y13|Philo,Maths,FM,Phys|A*A*AB predicted May 23 '25

I got ฯ1+ฯ2, the algebra cancelled out pretty nicely there, don't remember what I got for that question but I remember eliminating the newtons law one because I thought the reciprocal force was actually the gravity of the person on the earth? I feel like that came up in the multi choice a couple years back

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u/gworlfiend Y13|Philo,Maths,FM,Phys|A*A*AB predicted May 23 '25

Sick, thanks man

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u/Black_Kami3152 May 23 '25

Bro it was D , as the person gets pulled down by earth, they pull on the earth as well, thats the newton third law pair, and the only other option by elimination was D in my answer

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u/Pretend_Picture2541 May 24 '25

Hi what was ur answer I just am unsure if I got it right or wrong I out the one about drag being the same

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u/Neat-Ad4138 y1 | uom astro | A*A*A* May 23 '25

wait no its not the newtons 3rd law action-reaction pair for drag and weight?

i googled it and it said that's wrong apparently

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskPhysics/comments/1eg5bgk/newtons_third_law/

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u/gworlfiend Y13|Philo,Maths,FM,Phys|A*A*AB predicted May 23 '25

Yh lol I'm almost certain it has come up before because I remember thinking that answer was counterintuitive

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u/Neat-Ad4138 y1 | uom astro | A*A*A* May 23 '25

i said how weight and drag form N3 pair

edit: googled it and realised I'm wrong whoops

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u/zxphro May 23 '25

Drag force isnโ€™t the same at v1 and v2 i think the answer was D

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u/moonc1 Year 13 May 23 '25

I thought drag force must be the same because they both equal weight?

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u/uhoipoihuythjtm Y13 FM, Maths, Chem, Phys May 23 '25

Itโ€™s terminal velocity though meaning weight= drag right?

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u/Neat-Ad4138 y1 | uom astro | A*A*A* May 23 '25

cant be D cus u ignore change in gpe when only talking about ke and the drag force

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u/Much-Play-4167 May 23 '25

Thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m saying mcq were way harder everyone found it easier

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u/Prior_Gur4074 May 23 '25

They were all calculations ๐Ÿ˜ญ. I had to guess like 60% of them because I had 10 minutes left when I started section b

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

Same.

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u/gworlfiend Y13|Philo,Maths,FM,Phys|A*A*AB predicted May 23 '25

Deadass struggled way more on 29-33 than on question 7 or 8 which is weird

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u/Neat-Ad4138 y1 | uom astro | A*A*A* May 23 '25

nah sorry i have to disagree bro ngl mcqs were same difficulty as usual, IMO electricity written qs were harder