HSC Extension 1 Mathematics Predictions / Thoughts (4 Viewers)

[Trebla]

For the last part of 14a I wrote the answer at the very start then spent probably 15 minutes trying to simplify it and equate it with part iii cause I thought thats what it wanted, but would I still get the marks for that.

The question said "By considering the reversed process and using part (ii)" so I'm not sure you will get full marks without doing that tbh

 

[david.h9]

looks like i only got the f(x)=g(x) question wrong, didn't test in separate regions

 

[Kangaaroo]

is that question wrong? I swear it was P(55<x<65) not P(55<x<60) so the z score should be -1<z<1 which is 68%

I got this also

 

[coop_163]

What would a raw 47/70 align to this year do we think?

 

[4u Boy]

What would a raw 47/70 align to this year do we think?

probably mid 80

 

[Althacommie]

Riuace seems to be the first to do complete solutions. He beat Terry Lee.

The format is a bit strange. Big long pictures. You'll have to zoom in.

Maybe Terry Lee still doesn't have Q6 and 7.

For q6. Is it A? I thought it was D???

 

[shashysha]

For q6. Is it A? I thought it was D???

yeah if its the a-b vector one then its D

 

[Fabrizio]

For Q13 c). Is just proving the equations are equal with pythag enough to get full marks? I dont see why you would have to prove any points if you show they are equal

 

[Xanthi]

For Q13 c). Is just proving the equations are equal with pythag enough to get full marks? I dont see why you would have to prove any points if you show they are equal

If you used proved across the entire domain, yes. Otherwise you risk losing substantial number of points.

 

[unique_username]

One wonders why they even changed the syllabus?

They moved a few things from 4U into 3U, and moved a few things from first year university into 3U. But they pick the most trivial things to move, and they give away free marks in the exam.

 

[Trebla]

For Q13 c). Is just proving the equations are equal with pythag enough to get full marks? I dont see why you would have to prove any points if you show they are equal

It depends on whether you address the entire range of cos^-1x or only the acute angle part.

 

[tokyocalling]

did anyone actually get more than 50% of Q14?

yea, i cross checked my ans with the ones posted by ngo and sons and im pretty sure i got all 15 marks

 

[tokyocalling]

smells like a state rank to me

ahaha nah, 13c ahaha im currently 15 rank at school, my schools top 5 i just hope thats enough to get an overall mark (after scaling and all that) of 98-99

 

[tokyocalling]

Hopefully just the 1 lol... anymore than that and I'll be dead xD

it'll probs be 1 and as long as the rest is correct it'd be carry on!

 

[tokyocalling]

98-99 is absolutely brilliant though, nothing to be sad about

yes! i'd be stoked ahaha

 

[thatmailman]

I didnt see 14(b) until 4 minutes left and only got out part (i) and (ii), so lost 3 marks straight away. Can't even get into my course cause of that BRUH

 

[Xanthi]

ahaha nah, 13c ahaha im currently 15 rank at school, my schools top 5 i just hope thats enough to get an overall mark (after scaling and all that) of 98-99

Should be sufficient, a 70/70 score + approx 64-67 score for internals will probs align to 98-99. So well done!

 

[s97127]

its such bullshit. only reason i got the binomial question was because i did pretty much the same question in the day before otherwise i wouldn't have gotten it. They could of included the hardest questions of content from year 12 ex1 and i would of found it way easier then that question

may i ask where you got that question from? Thanks

 

[tokyocalling]

its such bullshit. only reason i got the binomial question was because i did pretty much the same question in the day before otherwise i wouldn't have gotten it. They could of included the hardest questions of content from year 12 ex1 and i would of found it way easier then that question

right! i was never expecting an 8 mark binomial question, came as a true shock during reading time. I'm not sure about yall but if there was one thing my school teachers and tutor emphasised it was to revise binomial theorem and perms and combs as its probably the hardest part of the stage 6 syllabus so that definitely helped.

 

[Trebla]

A remark on Q13c)ii).

It had a nice trap where you had to recognise that f'(x) and g'(x) are undefined at the points (1,0) and (-1,0) but these are points where the f(x) and g(x) are defined.

So technically speaking you can only say that since their derivatives are



then



Therefore you can only really claim that



This would suggest that simply substituting in say x = 1 to find c has some rigour issues as it doesn't quite fit that domain (even though it works out).

I think the intended solution was for students to recognise that since




then f(x) and g(x) share common points at x = -1 and x = 1.

From part (i), they have the same gradient behaviour in the domain -1 < x < 0 but have a common point at x = -1 on the "edge" of that domain. This means that



Similarly, they have the same gradient behaviour in the domain 0 < x < 1 but have a common point at x = 1 on the "edge" of that domain. This means that