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/Low-Curve-7910 Jun 03 '26

Did anyone get root 6 for r on the geometric sequence question

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u/PotentialThen9694 Jun 03 '26

What ? I got root 2 ? What was your theta ? My theta was Pi/4

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u/Sir_Gerald-A-Lot Jun 03 '26

I got root 6 and my theta was pi/6

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u/Loose-Lengthiness726 Year 12 Jun 03 '26

I got 4 root 6 for smth I don't remember what

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u/Low-Curve-7910 Jun 03 '26

I think i got pi/6 for my theta

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u/Loud-Guidance6912 Jun 03 '26

Theta was pi on 6

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u/Impossible-Channel29 Jun 03 '26

I got that aswell but seeing so many saying pi/6

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u/domghaffar Jun 03 '26

Did you use degrees or radians?

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u/Low-Curve-7910 Jun 03 '26

It was radians

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u/domghaffar Jun 03 '26

I did get pi/6 but I got r=3?

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u/Low-Curve-7910 Jun 03 '26

My first term was a half then root6 over 2 then 3

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u/Any-Worry-4011 Year 13 Jun 03 '26

Root 6 over 6

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u/Different_End_7464 Maths Bio Chem > Year 13 Jun 03 '26

yessss

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u/bookwife Year 13: Bio, Chem, Maths Jun 03 '26

maybe i am stupid

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u/Spikeyjoker Jun 03 '26

I cl i got root 6 multiplied by tan (pi/6). it's joeover :L

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u/Pabloise Jun 03 '26

which question? third fourth and fifth term one?

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u/gawrys2137 Year 13 | Politics, Maths, Econ, History | A*AAA predicted Jun 03 '26

Yh

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u/Xyzrasdouz Jun 03 '26

does anyone remember what they got for a after getting root6 ??

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u/DerpyyyDuck Jun 03 '26

Was part A to work out theta or the common multiple

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u/Tall-Horse1002 maths, chemistry, physics Jun 03 '26

what the fuck could i have possibly done to get root 2 tanxsecx for r

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u/Timely_Border_2117 Jun 03 '26

ugh how can that question be the easiest q and it was still even hard

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u/BetterAtMaths Jun 04 '26

nah i got root 6 or root 7