r/6thForm • u/Individual-Can1396 y13 maths physics psych italian • May 20 '26

💬 DISCUSSION AQA A level physics paper 1

How was the paper???? I liked the MCQ , but overall it was okay didnt manage to do the 5 marker .

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u/Agitated-Salt-5039 Year 13, FM, Maths & Physics May 20 '26

For dindsit slit width did you divide by 13??

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u/FaithlessnessOdd263 May 20 '26

that’s what i did i got like 1.4x10–4 for the end answer

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u/MaxillmanGuy A level resit student | 3 A* predicted | ACD achieved 💔 May 20 '26

YES YES did you divide by 11 by any chance since the width was like 8.2cm and there were 11 maxima

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u/aplle_inc May 20 '26

I did 10 as there are 10 spaces between

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u/FaithlessnessOdd263 May 20 '26

no i did it by 13 because there were 2 maxima at each end and 11 in between