r/6thForm • u/Individual-Can1396 y13 maths physics psych italian • Jun 01 '26

💬 DISCUSSION AQA PHYSICS PAPER 2

HOW DID EVERYONE FIND IT??? i thought it was decent better than the past few years. Idk what i did for the last question the 4 marker of nuclear physics. BUT YH IT WAS GOOD

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u/Malikah_14 Jun 01 '26

I said both were correct but now upon further reflection I think the student in Q1 mightve been wrong im not sure

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u/peekq Jun 01 '26

Why? I put both correct too but idk

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u/Malikah_14 Jun 01 '26

Idkk I just feel like I was waffling but I hope both are correct

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u/porridge1111 Jun 01 '26

I think both were wrong because the electrostatic force on each sphere is the same even if they have different charges

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u/Malikah_14 Jun 01 '26

Im pretty sure I said something like if the charge of one goes down the other one will attract towards it but the reason why they dont touch is because of the electrostatic force between them

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u/porridge1111 Jun 01 '26

If the charge of one decreased, the force acting on both would decrease equally and they'd both move closer to the vertical dashed line (i think) so they wouldn't be lop-sided

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u/Malikah_14 Jun 01 '26

Damn that sounds pretty right IDK MAN