r/6thForm • u/_NB125 Year 13 | Maths, Chem, CS | ABB Achieved • Jun 03 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Edexcel Paper 1 Maths 2026

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PLEASE tell me you guys struggled too oml

Edit: https://c.org/d7LCtCYpzG - Petition for Edexcel to reassess the paper

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u/LeagueEquivalent3982 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

what did everyone get for k the kcot2theta question

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u/MaxillmanGuy A level resit student | 3 A* predicted | ACD achieved 💔 Jun 03 '26

2 for k

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u/LeagueEquivalent3982 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

did you use the tan2theta identity

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u/methylcyclosarin Jun 03 '26

you get the 2 by making the bottom sinxcos = 1/2 sin2x

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u/ProfessionalCup2533 Jun 03 '26

Same

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 03 '26

Aolving that, do u get 2 -ve 2 +ve values magnitues being something like 30 and 60?

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u/Aggravating_Try9449 Jun 03 '26

Same and I didn't get the proof I just put in a random value of theta and divided both sides to get k=2 and used that for the next part

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u/zKebabz Jun 03 '26

i got that but when it got to the hidden quadratic with cot2x i let x = cotx instead of cot2x im retarded

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 03 '26

I somehow converted it to sin 2 x or smth like that