Math Ext 1 Predictions/Thoughts (6 Viewers)

[tywebb]

Terry Lee's solutions: http://advancedmathematics.com.au/Resources/2021 Ext1.pdf

He (like matrix) also has said that both solutions are OK for 12a. It will be interesting what will be said at the HSC feedback day next year. At this event the senior markers report on each question that was marked in the previous year's HSC exams. It is usually held on the last Saturday in February at Macquarie University. This year it was on youtube due to covid at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWgSDiUVcDEorLosTqp8Bg/playlists . Not sure about next year though. If Omicron variant of covid comes to Australia we might all be in lockdown again and it might be on youtube again.

 

[jyu]

Terry Lee's solutions: http://advancedmathematics.com.au/Resources/2021 Ext1.pdf

He (like matrix) also has said that both solutions are OK for 12a. It will be interesting what will be said at the HSC feedback day next year. At this event the senior markers report on each question that was marked in the previous year's HSC exams. It is usually held on the last Saturday in February at Macquarie University. This year it was on youtube due to covid at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWgSDiUVcDEorLosTqp8Bg/playlists . Not sure about next year though. If Omicron variant of covid comes to Australia we might all be in lockdown again and it might be on youtube again.

Not possible to draw another smooth curve going into the third quad because it does not follow the slopes in the last two fields in the second quad near the x-axis. Must look at it closely.

 

[tywebb]

Not possible to draw another smooth curve going into the third quad because it does not follow the slopes in the last two fields in the second quad near the x-axis. Must look at it closely.

Yeah. I reckon most people agree it should be like the blue one. Nevetheless some had done it like the red one.

The question remains would the markers accept the red one? We won't know till HSC feedback day next year. (And as for markers comments posted on NESA's website - they usually wait till after the Feedback day before posting those up)

 

[uart]

Yeah. I reckon most people agree it should be like the blue one. Nevetheless some had done it like the red one. The question remains would the markers accept the red one?

Yeah, it definitely should be like the blue one, and it kind of needs some sloppy working to get that red soln. Look for example at the column of slope lines immediately to the right of P (at x about -0.8). There you can see that TL's red solution had to take a gradient that was significantly more negative than either the slope line directly above or the one directly below. It's literally like being asked to interpolate a number between 8 and 12, and coming up with 15.

Having said that, the fact that it's only worth one mark might prompt them to accept either solution. Like they might feel a bit mean giving zero marks for solutions that did have the correct basic idea, but just sloppy working.