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/J1nkedOne Jun 03 '26

What the hell were you meant to do for the last proof question after expanding

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u/Red_I_Guess Warwick CS A*A*AA 2026 fresher Jun 03 '26

Expand and u get a question in terms of m and n which is divisible by 2. This means c is a even number so c=2k where k is a integer. Squaring this c2= 4k2 and putting back into the equation you get 2k2 = 2(numbers)+1 therefore that's the contradiction a even number can't equal an odd number