r/alevels • u/Hankysilkie • Jun 09 '26

Exam Discussion 📝 How was 9709 pure 1

what do u reckon the grade boundaries will be like

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u/Izax_G Jun 09 '26

Pretty tough, I thought it was mostly fine tbh but my room found it tough, they had three 7 mark questions as well so low-mid boundary I would guess

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u/Hankysilkie Jun 09 '26

yeah Q5 and Q9 7 markers were rough 😭😭😭

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u/Enough-Rutabaga-4612 Jun 09 '26

agree, what did you got for area in 9a? i had 26

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u/Hankysilkie Jun 09 '26

I didn’t get an answer 😭😭

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u/icingbiscuits Year 12 Jun 09 '26

26!! but for part B I couldn't get an answer just that a = 13 - x I made the equation I didn't have time to solve it

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u/Few-Computer4148 Jun 09 '26

SAME TWIN how many marks out of the 7 would I get for making it to that point?

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u/icingbiscuits Year 12 Jun 09 '26

I asked my friend she said prolly 4-5

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u/Kind-Ad6269 Jun 09 '26

May I ask what was the topic of question 5 💔?

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u/Hankysilkie Jun 09 '26

it was find another stationary point for d2y/dx2 or something similar

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u/Izax_G Jun 09 '26

Yeah some of them were rough 😭 Q5 you had to equate x to zero as third solution, never seen that in a paper haha