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    Post your 2016 ATAR here!

    Same ATAR here! Sad to know that one or two multiple choice questions ended up being the difference between $40k and nothing, but I'm incredibly happy nonetheless.
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    Mathematics Extension 1 Exam Thoughts

    They do weird things...I call them 'micromarks', I'm not sure how it works but I know they pay attention to things in your paper beyond the actual marking criteria. Your internal rank may also affect it. I'm not sure, I'd be interested for someone who knows a bit more to shed some light on it...
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    Mathematics Extension 1 Exam Thoughts

    Wondering this too. I'm at 70/70 raw, though I tried to simplify the integral by substitution result and did it incorrectly, if they decide to take that as my answer instead of the perfectly valid result I had before it then I'm at 69/70. Though I'm ranked 2nd internally and I don't know if I...
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    Mathematics Extension 1 Exam Thoughts

    For the integral by substitution on 11b, I got the correct primitive + C and subbed back in for u but then got cheeky and tried to factorise out (x-4)^3/2, and left out a factor of 1/3 on the second term, do you reckon they'll just stop once they see I have the right answer and award me 3/3 or...
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    Mathematics Extension 1 Exam Thoughts

    I got plus or minus sqrt(2). Have confirmed it in Geogebra, quite confident.
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