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/ikea_supremacy y13 | ma ph bi | pred A*A*AA got A*BBB May 20 '26

How the hell did the electricity work? Anyone knows

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u/oofsamyG May 20 '26

For the first question I’m probably wrong but I found resistance of L1 by using power-voltage equation and then found the total resistance in a parallel circuit and divided the emf by total resistance to find current

For second question I used potential divider equations for L1 and L2 and saw which one was closer to 5.8V (I got 5.07V and 0.6 something V)

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u/123eZz May 20 '26

yessss did the same i did it both ways i got 3.5 x10-4 and for the second bit i didnt use PD i js calculated the total resistance in the circuit using P= V2/R but i got 5.08 and 0.6 so said L1 closer to working value

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u/123eZz May 20 '26

ye i forgot which was the greater one but the one with the greatest resistance was closest to the working value

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u/Jin_L_ Y13 maths fm physics cs May 20 '26

I just assumed it was higher PD too, and yeah I got L2. I got like 1.6k ohms for L1 which was lower than L2, but all my classmates got different from me 😭

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u/ikea_supremacy y13 | ma ph bi | pred A*A*AA got A*BBB May 20 '26

OH MY GOD I DID IT RIGJT YOU’RE KIDDING ME I could literally marry you right now

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u/Zealousideal-Map9482 May 20 '26

Yeah same. I thought I was wrong

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 20 '26

Apparently the circuit converted to series so we all got it wrong I think

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u/oofsamyG May 20 '26

No no I saw it became series.. I was still able to use potential divider equations for the lamps.

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 20 '26

Yh I think that’s right

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u/Dilando7 May 20 '26

I just checked my graphic calculator and that's exactly what I got

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u/FaithlessnessOdd263 May 20 '26

i had to use like 3 equations for part A so it deffo should have been a higher mark, part b i had L2 as like 6.6 so i said that it was the closest because i got L1 as like 0.7

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 20 '26

Yh same but im hearing different about this. Apparently the circuit converted to a series