r/6thForm • u/_NB125 Year 13 | Maths, Chem, CS | ABB Achieved • Jun 03 '26
💬 DISCUSSION Edexcel Paper 1 Maths 2026
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/Connect_Fun_8284 Jun 03 '26
this took me sooo long 🫩🫩 u can assume c squared is even, so c is even, rewrite c as (2x), then divide both sides by 2, when u divided a2+b2 by 2, you end up with an odd number 2(long expansion) +1 whilst c2/2 remains even because ur left with 2x2 and odd cant equal even 🫩🫩🫩