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Maths D 22

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  • bad, difficult to score an A*

    Votes: 17 20.0%
  • Vey good

    Votes: 40 47.1%
  • Just okay

    Votes: 28 32.9%

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thanks! This is just AP GP. I thought it had some breakthrough information :\
 
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Yeah, but it worked. That's what we were concerned with. Besides, what breakthrough information did you expect to get on problem solving?
 
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Well, you know, patterns and sequences in O levels don't have a definite formula. Usually it's left for the candidates to brainstorm. Back in my days, I used to think up formulas all the time, each was effective in its own way. Then, in AS, I studied AP/GP and realized, I could have just used these instead of thinking up all those "breakthrough" methods (which I can't prove at all, but they somehow got me the correct answer). And then, in A2, I came across even more systematic ways to counter sequences, relating to graphs, and now I realize that all the formulas I had were essentially modified versions of the AP/GP formula and I am curious to know if there are any "actual alternatives" to them.
 
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i mentioned SAS and this was because in the book, this congruency had been shown to prove that both triangles r congruent! :)
but i guess as Saad said, there were many possible answers here!

CIE isn't very strict on this matter. You needed to mention the correct reasons.
The reasons were,
AO = AO (Common side)
The two tangents were equal (Tangents from external point).
The Angle was 90 deg. (Tangent perp. Radius).
The radii were equal (Radii of circle).
 
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I don't know what happened to me in the last question. I couldn't even solve a quadratic equation then :(

Overall, I think I'll lose 15 to 25 marks. It could have gone much better :/
 
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I have one query from Paper 1.... :oops:
Well, there was that question of Someone who works and gets paid by hour..
The time worked was 8 h 15 min...
So did we have to take the money for the 8 hours only or for the 15 mins tooo.....? :confused:
 
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I have one query from Paper 1.... :oops:
Well, there was that question of Someone who works and gets paid by hour..
The time worked was 8 h 15 min...
So did we have to take the money for the 8 hours only or for the 15 mins tooo.....? :confused:
i think for 8 hours and 15 min
 
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another query from P1:
there was a question which compared the earnings/interest i don't exactly remember though, among two girls, named Cynthia and don't remember who. I guess the 'OTHER' girl had only $2 more in her account!?
 
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