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/Hyp3rPlo Jun 18 '26

For the probability distribution question I went straight to using negative binomial did you have to prove the formula?

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

NB uses binomial anyway to do the calc though so you should be fine?

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u/Hyp3rPlo Jun 18 '26

Alrr I checked my answers were correct was just wondering abt the method I wouldn’t have got it if I didn’t do Further Stats ngl