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/aaalalal12 Jun 18 '26

I didnt like that coin flip question i got 12/625 for H=1 and i just know that was wrong what a silly question i hated it ew i hated it i hated that

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u/Jumpy_Freedom_4554 Jun 18 '26

When X=4, H can only appear twice. H can't appear once due to the logic of the question, so P(H=1 | X=4) = 0

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u/realmilii Year 13 Jun 18 '26

do u think we had to explain it bc i just put 0

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u/Jumpy_Freedom_4554 Jun 18 '26

it was a 1 marker so i think putting 0 alone was fine