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Alex xXx

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The exam was pretty bad, didnt get time to finish off the question i knew (mechanics one). Its ok though, im going to tafe next year anyway :)
 

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What was the question again... ???
Can't exactly remember, but it was something like assuming (_+cos x)(_+cos y) = 3, show that cos y = _ and sin y = _, where _ means I don't remember what went there XD

But to solve it, you can rearrange (_+cos x)(_+cos y) = 3 to find cos y. Once you've done that, change all cos' to sin's by sub'ing into all trig functions (90o - y). Simplify that to get the answer
 

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Chinmoku03 said:
Can't exactly remember, but it was something like assuming (_+cos x)(_+cos y) = 3, show that cos y = _ and sin y = _, where _ means I don't remember what went there XD

But to solve it, you can rearrange (_+cos x)(_+cos y) = 3 to find cos y. Once you've done that, change all cos' to sin's by sub'ing into all trig functions (90o - y). Simplify that to get the answer
Oh yeah... I remember I used a triangle however to find out sin y... I used pythagoras theorem to find the other side :) It worked !!!
 

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beentherdunthat said:
Oh yeah... I remember I used a triangle however to find out sin y... I used pythagoras theorem to find the other side :) It worked !!!
I've never heard of this method before. Sounds innovative o_O

The part where you had to find dy/dx was a nuisance. Took me forever to differentiate the inverse tan -.-;
 

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i cant believe that exam!! even the topics we havent covered yet were in it so it was even harder to distinguish what i could do!

i stuffed it up so bad...i dont think i even answered enough questions (and to think i was confident the night before the exam)

good on ya to anyone who thought it was good
 

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Ext2 CSSA Trial killed my life.
I was sitting in the exam room with someone else doing a Community and Family Studies catch-up and she finished with 45mins to go.
All I kept on thinking was BIATCH.





And Question8. It looked like German, to me.

I'm aiming for... I have no idea, because I think I went *that* badly. Studying day before = bad idea.
 

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Looking at the paper, it appeared to be a bit tougher than last year's paper. However, there seemed to be a bit more typical textbook questions within the easier parts compared to last year's paper...
 

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Was there a question on Rectanguler Hyperbola in CSSA... cause i dont think i did the cssa exam :S..
 

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SoulSearcher said:
Implicit differentiation ftw :)
I thought she used Pythagoras' theorem tho o.o How does implicit work with that?

Was there a question on Rectanguler Hyperbola in CSSA... cause i dont think i did the cssa exam :S..
Don't think so. The first conics question was something about drawing an ellipse, a hyperbola, an auxiliary circle and something else. The second one was something about P(2p, 2/p) and Q(2q, 2/q), which IIRC wasn't a rectangular hyperbola. I could be wrong tho. Anyone have any ideas? o_O
 

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Chinmoku03 said:
I thought she used Pythagoras' theorem tho o.o How does implicit work with that?

:wave: Hehe. I think he was referring to you differentiating the inverse tan. Implicit differentiation is funny. It's so simple, yet the name assumes its a superior process. (NOT)

Chinmoku03 said:
Don't think so. The first conics question was something about drawing an ellipse, a hyperbola, an auxiliary circle and something else. The second one was something about P(2p, 2/p) and Q(2q, 2/q), which IIRC wasn't a rectangular hyperbola. I could be wrong tho. Anyone have any ideas? o_O
My memory grows vague.....

Impending memory failure... :mad1:
 

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3unitz said:
dunno but it had a distinctive geometry induction thing
that probably was Heinnemann. We did it and it was suck easy.

I wish I'd gotten CSSA...
 

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We were given the CSSA 2007 paper to practise under exam conditions this week. I'm not the only one who wishes that we had this paper for our trial. LOL.
 

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Ghassan said:
Would you happen to have the solutions to question 8 of 2007 4U CSSA? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
i attached some solutions below.
 

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