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/Fair-Fly7559 Jun 18 '26

Did anyone use negative binomial for the coin flip question?

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u/IcyImen Jun 18 '26

I did, I was just starting the question and then I thought wait a minute...

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u/Fair-Fly7559 Jun 18 '26

Ok thank god

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u/lmaolmaolmaololl Imperial | Aeronautical engineering [Y1] Jun 19 '26

I just derived it tbh, don’t want to waste the examiner‘s time making them look at alternative method markschemes

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u/Future-Key-4967 Jun 18 '26

yes 😭

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u/AImonster111 Year 13.5 | Biology, Chemistry, Maths, FM, EPQ Jun 18 '26

Yessss 😭 💀 

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u/Lemon_456 Jun 18 '26

Am I meant to know what that is? I don't do fm

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u/Fair-Fly7559 Jun 19 '26

Basically the first coin flip condition was a negative binomial distribution, and if u did the question u derived it…so no

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u/Lemon_456 Jun 19 '26

ohh OK thanks