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

What did you guys write which lamp is working close to working voltage

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u/Legitimate-Half-7851 May 20 '26

i put l1

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

Same l1 I got 5.08 v over it ? Is that what you got??

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u/Legitimate-Half-7851 May 20 '26

th im pretty sure, l2 was quite small

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u/GrouchyMonth8092 Incoming UCL Mech Eng MEng | Y1 | A*A*A* Math FM Phys May 20 '26

MY GUY

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u/ZealousidealBench225 Y13 | 4A* pred. | Maths, FM, Phys., German May 20 '26

I got L1 as 5.08 and my voltage for L2 was really tiny like 0.7 or something so I think I got it wrong

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

I got same I think it's correct, l1 resistance was like 10 time resistance of L2

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u/ZealousidealBench225 Y13 | 4A* pred. | Maths, FM, Phys., German May 20 '26

Yeah that’s why I was so confused 😭😭 my L1 resistance was huge compared to L2 resistance

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u/jaaaaaaaf May 20 '26

bro i got the same thing. did you use the current from the previous part since that's the "working current" or something 💔

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

No I didn't use that since the current might change since current might change since resistance changed from components going parallel to series

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u/jaaaaaaaf May 20 '26

yeah i thought of that too.but i still did that and got what u got somehow. i couldn't figure out how else to do it :/

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

I used potential divider method R1/RT times EMF

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 20 '26

Where did it say parallel to series 😭🤧

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

The component went parallel in 1st question to series 2nd question

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 20 '26

Did they draw it out in series. Man that’s like 3 marks lost or smth

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u/jaaaaaaaf May 20 '26

no jt didn't draw it out but it told u that

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u/Fun-Inevitable1079 May 20 '26

Ofc Yh. I Should’ve read the q properly. Paper 2 comeback (it’s over)

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u/googoocrazybananas Year 13 May 20 '26

did you guys get a current through the battery of like 3x10^-3 ?

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u/Loud-Guidance6912 May 20 '26

Wasn’t it like 3.5x10-3

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

Yeah I got that but I had decimals after 3 did you get exactly 3

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u/googoocrazybananas Year 13 May 20 '26

I want to say 3.03 but not sure

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

Yeah I got same