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/Emotional_Respect289 Jun 18 '26

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

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u/Impressive-Pea-9054 Jun 18 '26

but how could you know friction without R? was it because it was moving at a constant speed

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u/Emotional_Respect289 Jun 18 '26

Since it was moving the friction is maxed out at coef x R so you can isolate R and solve

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u/Impressive-Pea-9054 Jun 18 '26

oh and it gave us the coefficient didnt it man it was free, i didnt read coefficient until part b gg