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Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« on: May 12, 2010, 08:25:54 pm »
ok so the physics MCQ paper is in 6 days...so if anybody has some tips and techniques for paper 1, please share them!

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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2010, 08:54:48 pm »
for which igcse,gce-olevel,as,alevel
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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2010, 09:04:23 pm »
for which igcse,gce-olevel,as,alevel
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paper 1 is AS
for me2 i want tips for AS cie multiple choice paper
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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2010, 09:10:25 pm »
i am a student of IGCSE
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2010, 09:16:17 pm »
heheh lool okek no probz  ;D
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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2010, 09:17:33 pm »
i meant AS level

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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2010, 09:40:15 pm »
r u angry with me halosh92
i am sorry i hoe u donot mind it at all
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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2010, 09:42:18 pm »
WAITING FOR UR REPLY FAST  ???
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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2010, 09:46:43 pm »
r u angry with me halosh92
i am sorry i hoe u donot mind it at all
REPLY ME NOW ONLY

angry??????????? ??? ??? ??? ???
no why would u say that :D :D :D
u didnt do anything  :D ;D
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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2010, 10:36:28 am »
still waiting for the tips

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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2010, 10:49:59 am »
i have an AMAZING tip for you guys, i just hope you appreciate it! :P


for example, in a question where they ask you about what is the forumla of blah blah blah, something we didnt take, but you have to derive it from forumals we took and with information they give in a diagram for example, teachers might start doing all kinds of derivation! but!!!
there's a much much much much easier way, since all four choices are going to be equations obviously then CHECK FOR HOMOGENEITY, and then two at least have to cancel out......and then for example in one of the question it asked for the acceleration in a specefic time, and from the two left equations ( the homogenous ones) only ONE had time difference (t2-t1) and the other had only t2, and therefore it had to be the first.

it doesnt work ALL the times, because they may give you all homogenous equations, then you actually have to derive it, but its useful :)

and by the way this was said by an examiner that students do find out much easier methods of solving hard questions


and ANOTHER thing, in that momentum question that's always repeated, it has a very long derivation to get to the answer! but a quick tip, check the directions of the velocities and just re arrange the law of momentum equation and thats it ;)

good luck all :D
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« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2010, 11:02:05 am »
i have an AMAZING tip for you guys, i just hope you appreciate it! :P


for example, in a question where they ask you about what is the forumla of blah blah blah, something we didnt take, but you have to derive it from forumals we took and with information they give in a diagram for example, teachers might start doing all kinds of derivation! but!!!
there's a much much much much easier way, since all four choices are going to be equations obviously then CHECK FOR HOMOGENEITY, and then two at least have to cancel out......and then for example in one of the question it asked for the acceleration in a specefic time, and from the two left equations ( the homogenous ones) only ONE had time difference (t2-t1) and the other had only t2, and therefore it had to be the first.

it doesnt work ALL the times, because they may give you all homogenous equations, then you actually have to derive it, but its useful :)

and by the way this was said by an examiner that students do find out much easier methods of solving hard questions


and ANOTHER thing, in that momentum question that's always repeated, it has a very long derivation to get to the answer! but a quick tip, check the directions of the velocities and just re arrange the law of momentum equation and thats it ;)

good luck all :D

gr8 stuff +rep
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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2010, 11:14:03 am »
THANKYOU!!!
one more thing that i sometimes do, when i forget any formula, i look at the options given and concentrate on the units they've given, and then calculate the value according to those units...this has particularly been helpful in questions related to electric fields, because i always forget the formulae....for example if in the options given, the units quoted are NC^-1, i instantly know that i have to divide the force by charge, and viola!

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« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2010, 11:23:26 am »
THANKYOU!!!
one more thing that i sometimes do, when i forget any formula, i look at the options given and concentrate on the units they've given, and then calculate the value according to those units...this has particularly been helpful in questions related to electric fields, because i always forget the formulae....for example if in the options given, the units quoted are NC^-1, i instantly know that i have to divide the force by charge, and viola!

your welcome :)

and yeah thats a good method :)
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Re: Physics P1 tips, anybody?
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2010, 11:24:49 am »
ok so can anyone explain how we get the uncertainty in this question----> june 99/1/question 2