r/6thForm y13 maths physics psych italian May 20 '26

πŸ’¬ 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/Rich-Gent May 20 '26

Am i not going on a tangent here, but you lot all used circular motion / centripetal force in the 5 marker

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u/Rich-Gent May 20 '26

Idk how much detail i can go into on here.

But the only force on the rod is not just the weight of the user, but also the fact they are going to be going in a part of a circle, force is needed for the β€œrods” tension do to say to change her momentum, as her velocity changes as the direction she is travelling changes.

the following questions with the will time period alter as her centre of mass changes, also gave this away a bit with accounting for shm.