Recent content by Thushan

Sorry if this sounds ignorant, but why is your friend transferring? Is BSc better at UNSW than at USyd? Sorry, I am not sure about wether the units will transfer.

What other questions were there??

They seem to be pretty funny :)

how did everyone else go?

Both masses are accelerated, one up and one across, but both have an acceleration of a. Since it is a pulley system, they both have the same acceleration. Let their acceleration be a. Two equations can be set up for this, one for the 5kg block and one for the 8kg block. So let m1 (the mass of...

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask me. I can explain anything you like :)

The answer for that is c) 6ms2. That is what I got with my calculations. I can try and explain it to you if you want.

How did everyone else find it?

I can explain the mechanics question if you tell me what it was about. I'm majoring in physics so I should be able to link you in the right direction. :)

considering your in Year 10 and haven't started physics that would be a very good achievement! :) Don't be discouraged, it sounds like the test was hard for everyone!

Sounds like you did well actually if that is all that you couldn't do. If you don't mind me asking, what was the last question about?

So how did everyone go?

Good luck to everyone doing it today! :) They are really hard and a mark of 50% is a great achievement.

The cut-offs for the olympiads depend on how hard the test is. In 2010, the cut-off for chem was around 40% or 48/120, and in 2011 it was much higher around 70% or 84/120. So the approximate cut-off each year is around 50-60%. The bio cut-off is higher I think.

I heard the marks for camp are around 60% or 40/60 depending on how easy the test is