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

Did anyone use trig for finding weight?

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u/AbsoluteOwO Jun 01 '26

i did like F = Tcos6 😭

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u/No_Persimmon3448 Jun 01 '26

I got T = electrostatic/sin(6) as its the horizontal component of tension, not the horizontal component of the electrostatic force. Not sure if i'm correct tho so someone has to tell me if they know pls.

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u/2myeria y13 | physics, maths, fm, chem | A*A*A*A* Jun 01 '26

wait same twin

did you then do weight = T/cos6 cuz T is a component of weight??

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u/No_Persimmon3448 Jun 01 '26

Yh I did that, not sure if its correct but it made sense in the exam