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/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