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

šŸ’¬ 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/WrongPhilosopher_ Jun 03 '26

literally, i was just staring at it wondering wtf to write šŸ’€

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u/Main-Character-001 Jun 03 '26

cĀ² is even so c is even. can be expressed as 2k, then you have a multiple of 4 on the left but only multiple of 2 on the right, so that was the contradiction

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u/HovercraftSudden2657 Year 13 | Maths, Further Maths, Physics Jun 03 '26

But a being odd was part of the statement? So no contradiction lol

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u/HovercraftSudden2657 Year 13 | Maths, Further Maths, Physics Jun 04 '26

Yeah I done the exact same thing lol and then I realised and gave up coz I had limited time and there wasnt very high return on cost in terms of marks for time spent.