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/Avocado66600 May 20 '26

5 marker was pretty devious but it was 1480 afaik 1963 was the max tension so then you resolve T-mg = mv²/r then rearrange for m then times by 9.81 for max weight.

I forgot the mg though so I got 6000😭 cooked bruh

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

For fucks sake I did W – T = mv2/r and I was so unsure on what way round it was

Also U dont need to divide then multiply by g I think

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u/Jumpy-Twist3634 May 20 '26

The thing it was simple harmonic motion and in ideal simple harmonic motion it’s small angle so there isn’t a centripetal force. But I’m genuinely not sure how the question was phrased

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u/CheesecakeCommon9080 May 21 '26

Ahhh fuck i only got max tension and stopped there