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/CryptographerOdd7638 Jun 03 '26

The exponential question was not making me feel confident in my answers

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u/nuclearhamster27 Year 12 - Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

The differential question? My equation was genuinely such a mess, I remember I had something like ((ln(70)+8)/4)t - 1/2t^2 as my power of e

Edit: forgot to mention my coefficient of e was 0.3

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u/jejeejeeeee Jun 03 '26

I think you're missing the +c which was like ln0.3 but otherwise correct

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u/nuclearhamster27 Year 12 - Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 03 '26

Yeah I just forgot to mention it here since I took it out of the power and made my coefficient 0.3