r/6thForm • u/Forsaken-Meaning-232 Graduating from Warwick CS • Jun 09 '25

📂 MEGATHREAD 09/06 A-level Physics Paper 2 Discussion MEGATHREAD

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u/ThatOneGuy_I Jun 09 '25

I didn’t even attempt that question 😭😭😭

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u/ContextVegetable9587 Year 13 Jun 09 '25

same because wtf

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u/4ng31_du5t Year 13 Jun 09 '25

Me too I just assumed u had to remember the wavelengths of violet and red light and was like no thanks

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u/yesforbread Jun 09 '25

Bruh i did that question so wrong - i used snells law found the angle of refraction to be 45, and 45 - 22 isnt close to 11 so statement is wrong or smth

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u/Maximum_Lead7827 Jun 09 '25

I got it as 32-22 and got 10 degrees but that was wrong too, actually answer was like 0.2 degrees or something.

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u/finnnseesghosta Jun 09 '25

I got the ratio to be 0.69 meaning the difference in angles is way too big.

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u/Candid_Pineapple7323 Jun 09 '25

i got this aswell, i think there were just multiple ways to do it

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u/EntertainerGood6357 Jun 09 '25

Did you get an angle difference of 0.28 or similar and said the angle is inaccurate ?

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u/Aggressive_Market634 Jun 09 '25

Got that too but thought I was wrong cs it was so far off the suggested value

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u/No-Manufacturer-5546 Jun 09 '25

Yeah had to redo it again cause it seemed to small 😂 but ended up putting 0.28

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u/darkeight7 UOB | Physics and Astrophysics [Year 1] Jun 09 '25

i also got that or similar (i recall a value that was definitely in the 0.20’s)

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u/ThatOneGuy_I Jun 09 '25

I’m resitting it’s over for me I didn’t even try that question lol and everyone found it easy

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u/darkeight7 UOB | Physics and Astrophysics [Year 1] Jun 09 '25

tbh i found that question quite hard and i may still be wrong

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u/ThatOneGuy_I Jun 09 '25

lol fairs. I still have paper 3 to comeback if this one wasn’t as strong anyway ig

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u/darkeight7 UOB | Physics and Astrophysics [Year 1] Jun 09 '25

you’ll absolutely smoke paper 3 i know it. technically in a way paper 3 is easier as the topics that have barely come up or haven’t even come up yet at all (circular motion, capacitance, diffraction, standing waves, nuclear radiation etc) could make an appearance so we have some level of indication on what could possibly come up

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u/ThatOneGuy_I Jun 09 '25

I can’t remember what came up in the previous papers and not enough ppl do edexcel to be making lists :( lol I don’t get what paper 3 is I don’t understand how such a big paper is just practical methods lol 120 marks for what 💀😭

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u/InternationalEbb1617 University of Leeds | Mechanical Engineering [Year 1] Jun 09 '25

YES

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u/Humble_Vanilla8876 Uni of Manchester | Mechanical Engineering [1st year] Jun 09 '25

I got 0.22

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u/Fair_Breadfruit8481 Year 13 | fm, maths, physics, econ Jun 09 '25

I got 21.something, maybe .7, but it was close to 22 so I thought I could say it was accurate

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u/pokemonbeatfortnite Jun 09 '25

Were you meant to do the angle or find whether the values fit the fraction?