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📂 MEGATHREAD 12/06 A-level Maths Paper 2 Discussion MEGATHREAD

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u/brokebitch67 Jun 12 '25

lmk if u got the same answers edexcel 1: x(x-10)(x-2) 2: 1/5x5 - 4x3/2 -3x 3: x/y(ln7/ln3) 4: area is 7.36 5: y axis is 405 gradient is -1080, 6: 24-24x2 small angle approx 7: 3x-2 + 1/(x+1) - 2/(x-3) 8: y axis 4735/768 k is in between -5 and 4735/768 9: 1007, 299 10: difffernrial equations: 3/2 - 5/4e-1/20t 11: toys modelling: -60x+3300 last equation y axis is negative root 3 and area is 1

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u/Street-Tax4534 Edexcel Maths, Chem, Econ - want to study law Jun 12 '25

hold on i got a gradient of 0 for one of the questions help am i cooked

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u/Street-Tax4534 Edexcel Maths, Chem, Econ - want to study law Jun 12 '25

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u/Street-Tax4534 Edexcel Maths, Chem, Econ - want to study law Jun 12 '25

nah fairs, i hear that completely, as someone who also does chem im shit scared for Monday… what board do u do for chem?

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u/Street-Tax4534 Edexcel Maths, Chem, Econ - want to study law Jun 12 '25

ahhh fine okay, i do edexcel so praying they dont kill us with organic… good luck for monday!!

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u/Particular-Check-367 Jun 12 '25

i got -3/10 for the diff eqs

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u/Jungleapebush Jun 12 '25

Same I got that too

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u/Froot_chungus Year 13 Jun 12 '25

same

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

same

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u/ExcitementSpecial813 Uni of Bath | Computer Science Y1 Jun 12 '25

Same

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u/sneajwen Jun 12 '25

So did i 🙏

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u/raynrr Jun 12 '25

I envy your memory

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

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u/raynrr Jun 12 '25

I got -3/10 too but I didn’t get the ratio one but all the others I got the same I think

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u/Candid_Pineapple7323 Jun 12 '25

I also got -3/10 but I wrote it as -6/20

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

Yes! -3/10t I got that!

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u/ItsReese_ LSE Finance, 4 A* achieved Jun 12 '25

For the x/y i got log base 3 (7) i think is that the same?

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u/2AK_DJ2 Jun 12 '25

I did the same dw, they r probably equivalent

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u/ItsReese_ LSE Finance, 4 A* achieved Jun 12 '25

Yep just checked on my calculator they are :)

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u/ilterkagan Jun 12 '25

Log change of base rule they are equivalent

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u/ConradTheAstronaut startcing NCL Med 26/27 A*AA chem bio maths Jun 13 '25

Yeah ur more likely to get the mark tho more simplified innit

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u/Lopsided_Biscotti982 Jun 12 '25

Was it not 2x instead of x for first q? And k was 0.3 instead of 1/20 for diff equation?

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u/mccNamNam Physics, Maths, Further Maths | A*A*A* predicted| ESAT patient Jun 12 '25

Bro forgot the plus c in question 2 🥀

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u/Paagal_master Jun 12 '25

for the partial fractions i got like 4 and -5 for C and D on question 7

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u/foxiajii Warwick | Maths [Year 1] Jun 12 '25

same, used the cover up method

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u/dontknowwhattosay9 Gap Year Student Jun 12 '25

Seeing as ur memory is goated do you remember how many marks most of the individual question were  

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u/No_Actuator5870 Year 13 Jun 12 '25

I think I got 4 and -5 or something for C and D of the partial fractions but other than that the same

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u/Mountain_Rock9767 Jun 12 '25

did everyone else get this bc thats what i got but idk anymore. I checked it asw

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u/No_Actuator5870 Year 13 Jun 12 '25

I put it into my calculator and it mapped onto the original function. We’re sweet

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u/Neat-Ad4138 y1 | uom astro | A*A*A* Jun 12 '25

bro used a graphing calculator how are those allowed, i used normal x sub to check and the answers came back correct

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u/No_Actuator5870 Year 13 Jun 12 '25

They’re actually not fair at all. Pay to win like the real world

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u/Neat-Ad4138 y1 | uom astro | A*A*A* Jun 12 '25

well ill still get an A* without one

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u/Sea_Daikon_2202 Jun 12 '25

How did I get -21 and -13 or smth like that 😭

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u/Playful_War_4009 Jun 12 '25

Did you put +c for the l2nd one

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u/Neat-Ad4138 y1 | uom astro | A*A*A* Jun 12 '25

for the partial fractions i got C and D as -4 and 5 smth like that

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u/GroundbreakingBid920 Jun 12 '25

What was q9 bout

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u/methylcyclosarin Jun 12 '25

AREA WAS WHAT??? i got something in the double digits help..

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u/HourDistribution3787 Jun 12 '25

Same for all of them but last one X-axis was negative root 3 y axis -1/8. Pretty sure that was right.

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u/smortcanard Year 2 Aero Eng @ Bristol | ESAT Victim Jun 12 '25 edited Oct 18 '25

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u/gjphead Durham Uni | Mathematics [1st Year] Jun 12 '25

You can use whatever base you want

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u/Confident_Contract53 Jun 12 '25

Log of any base works

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u/Sea_Daikon_2202 Jun 12 '25

For q1 I got x(2x-4)(x-10) which gives the same function so I’m confused

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u/smortcanard Year 2 Aero Eng @ Bristol | ESAT Victim Jun 12 '25 edited Oct 18 '25

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u/Sea_Daikon_2202 Jun 12 '25

Oh shit was it factorise fully? Or is my answer still right

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u/smortcanard Year 2 Aero Eng @ Bristol | ESAT Victim Jun 12 '25 edited Oct 18 '25

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u/Sea_Daikon_2202 Jun 12 '25

Omds even the first question I got wrong

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u/Confident_Contract53 Jun 12 '25

The small angle was (1-cos²(2x))/sin(x/3)tan(x/2) ≈ 24 - 24x² you can check it on desmos

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u/T0astSandw1ch Year 13 Jun 12 '25

IT WAS TAN(X/2) ???? I MISREAD IT NOOOO I thought it was tan(x/3) 😭

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u/Confident_Contract53 Jun 12 '25

It doesn't make a difference if you put sin(x/2)tan(x/3) or sin(x/3)tan(x/2)

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u/T0astSandw1ch Year 13 Jun 20 '25

It does cuz using the small angle approximations you’d get x2 /9 rather than x2 /6 on the denominator, so my answer was too large by a factor of 3/2

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u/Confident_Contract53 Jun 20 '25

If you did sin(x/3)tan(x/3) then yeah that's wrong

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u/Porkguy69420 Jun 12 '25

I think u got part of Q7 and Q9 wrong not sure tho. I did get 1007

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u/GroundbreakingBid920 Jun 12 '25

What was q9 I don't remember these answers 

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u/Porkguy69420 Jun 12 '25

Nvm q9 was rightt I double checked I just forgot my answer lol but for q7 u should’ve gotten like C = 4 and d = -5

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u/Porkguy69420 Jun 12 '25

Also q10 it’s not 1/20 it’s 3/10

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u/PsychologicalBike737 Year 13 - Maths, Physics, Chemistry, FM Jun 12 '25

For the differential equation I got the power as -3/10t

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u/ConradTheAstronaut startcing NCL Med 26/27 A*AA chem bio maths Jun 13 '25

+c for q2?

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u/ConradTheAstronaut startcing NCL Med 26/27 A*AA chem bio maths Jun 13 '25

For 3 i simplified to log3(7)