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dunjaaa

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I already did this question earlier in the thread "I did a limiting sum, so Pat can win on his 1st, 2nd 3rd,... role. 1/36 + (35/36)^2(1/36) + (35/36)^4(1/36) + .... Factorise 1/36 out and you should get 1/36{1 + (35/36)^2 + (35/36)^4 +....). Sum to infinity, 1/36{1/(1-(35/36)^2)} = 36/71."
 

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Guys can we perhaps divert our attention away from fucking pat and his dice, and focus on the trout and carp? Did anyone get it out?
 

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I had a weird stroke of genius, and made pat's winnings a geometric series:
(1/36) + (1/36)^2 + (1/36)^3

Then just applied the limiting sum, and i got 1/35 I think.
Don't think that's right, it doesn't take into account the other player's chance of winning before he wins.

I think the right answer might be the limiting sum of (1/36)^2 subbed in as a power of 1/36
 

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okay i am getting a 70 out of 100 if i am lucky.

Question 14 was way harder than question 15.

And i spent too much time on the r question. Also couldn't do the stupid fish question at all. Fml

my timing also sucked :(
question fourteen was terrible:(.
 

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Guys I feel okay now that i know you all found it hard, at least it will scale up. I was expecting it to be of medium difficulty and judging from q11 i expected it to be challenging but doable. Aiming for above 80. Time was my biggest issue too. Too god damned long and tedious.
 

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Does anybody know how to do question 16c) part two? Help would be greatly appreciated
In case no one has provided solution to 16(c):

Easy to show triangles AXY and ABC are similar.

Similarly for triangles BXY and BAD

.: XY/BC = AX/AB

.: XY/AD = BX/AB

.: XY/AD + XY/BC = BX/AB + AX/AB = (AX + BX)/AB = AB/AB = 1

.: Dividing throughout by XY:

1/XY = 1/AD + 1/BC


QED
 
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Honestly, that exam was easy as hell :p Worst case scenario should still be 90+ raw, mostly sillies -.-

Does anyone have a solution for that last question?
 

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Honestly, that exam was easy as hell :p Worst case scenario should still be 90+ raw, mostly sillies -.-

Does anyone have a solution for that last question?
yeah i got ~101/100 SO easy. lucky i went so well because 90 raw will align to 90 HSC mark :)
 

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I found it too hard. I spent a lot of time on maths and in past papers I would get an average of 75-80. Today I think I'll be lucky if I passed.
 

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Too hard. I spent a lot of time on maths and got an average of 75-80 in past papers. Don't even think I passed today :(
 

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