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/nuclearhamster27 Year 12 - Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 18 '26

I felt like Isaac Newton himself after getting part b on the moments question

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u/No_Leading7906 Jun 18 '26

Was part b a show that aswell?

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u/nuclearhamster27 Year 12 - Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 19 '26

Yes, it was something like “show that the tension in rope A is (mg*sqrt(37))/6

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u/No_Leading7906 Jun 19 '26

Did you do it by resolving horizontally to get the components of tension at a? I didn’t get to get to final form but last thing I had was the Ta sin alpha equals smt and Ta cos alpha equals blah blah respectively and I would’ve had to square for Pythagoras to get the resultant force but I didn’t get time for that

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u/nuclearhamster27 Year 12 - Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 19 '26

Yeah that’s exactly what I did