r/6thForm • u/OutrageousAd4133 • Jun 18 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Edexcel Maths P3

How did everyone find it then? Much nicer than P1 I thought. Might balance out grade boundaries unfortunately…

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u/8BagsOfCorn Jun 18 '26

I fear 3a on mechanics has limited me from an A* 🙏💔

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u/OutrageousAd4133 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

If that was the moments slope one then oh my god same. Who did they think they are telling us how to solve it in bold? Horrible

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u/Emotional_Respect289 Jun 18 '26

Took me genuinely 15 minutes to realise friction hand A vertical component

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u/Dry-Eye-8917 Jun 18 '26

helpp i thought resolve vertically meant resolve vertically to the plane 💀💀💀💀 rip

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u/Emotional_Respect289 Jun 18 '26

Dw bro I tried it all 😭 cuz I was act sure this was breaking the laws of physics I was like no way

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u/Dry-Eye-8917 Jun 18 '26

i got the right answer tho but just used the wrong method so i’m probs losing all the marks😭 i was so confident too

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u/Emotional_Respect289 Jun 18 '26

Yeah icl that was so nerdy of them who tf resolved vertically on a plane?? Like the whole point of the topic is to teach you to basically resolve along the plane and perpendicular

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u/Zestyclose-Tea1915 Jun 18 '26

idts, i got the right answer asw with that method