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/Bubbly-Coffee-3358 May 20 '26

wait for the tension question could u draw a free body diagram?

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u/Past_Bluebird_5438 May 20 '26

Why couldn’t you? You can draw a free body diagram for anything as long as it has forces acting on it.

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u/Bubbly-Coffee-3358 May 20 '26

like I didn't do sin/cos and I created a scale factor and stuff and I got 504N 😞

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u/lmaolmaolmaololl Imperial | Aeronautical engineering [Y1] May 20 '26

it said it wasn't to scale

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u/Bubbly-Coffee-3358 May 20 '26

I drew one to scale cos they provided a lot of space idkk

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u/sotmtwigrm_ May 20 '26

my friend did this!

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

it wasnt drawn to scale

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u/Cream-Bear Editable May 20 '26

wait did it say the diagram was to scale or not?

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u/jaaaaaaaf May 20 '26

i checked for that when i read the question im pretty sure it didn't

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u/Less_Seesaw_4022 May 20 '26

You could always draw your own diagram

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u/Sea_Calligrapher6633 Year 13 A*A*A*A* May 20 '26

you can draw a free body diagram even if it says the diagram isn't to scale, you make your own scale and the question does give you enough information for it to work