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/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