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well obviously its alot harder, so it will take more time to grasp the concepts and do your homework for ex2, but then again, you dont have to waste time doing 2 unit study and ext1 seems heaps easier so it doesnt take as long... in the end, i guess it kinda balences out, but exam prep and stuff is more work for ext2.
Complex numbers is very very easy to learn.lyounamu said:
Applying it is much harder.
Esp in combination with other topics.
Workload wise;
For me math takes up roughly 75% of my time (for all subjects)
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this is very accurate.undalay said:
There is a bit of conflicting information but i guess its different to everyone.
But i can now assume doing Ext2 would involve a LOT more work than just Ext1??
Around how many hours do you do maths per night in Ext2, and how many hours if you do Ext1? xD
But i can now assume doing Ext2 would involve a LOT more work than just Ext1??
Around how many hours do you do maths per night in Ext2, and how many hours if you do Ext1? xD
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that is baby numbers.. you havn't seen what complex number can really do...lyounamu said:
try doing complex numbers combined with other topics eg harder 3unit.. then say complex is easy..
ill admit the basics are easy, de mov is easy etc etc.. but when it comes to applications.. its get you hardcore style..
plus the work load .. its the same as 3unit but harder version of it..so take care when doing 4unit =]
i agree it is over-ratedlyounamu said:
There is quite alot of easy content in MX2, as has been said, anyone can add and multiply complex no.s together etc, even conics, stuff like finding the eccentricity, foci and directrices of ellipses and hyperbolas is pretty basic. The hard part is applying these concepts in exams.
I spend more time on maths x2 than any other subject, that;s because i enjoy it.
50 % MX2, 10% MX1, rest on phys, chem and english
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hey vds.. ive got the exam paper from my school, ive just been lazy this past 2-3 weeks.. sorry about the lateness.. ive uploaded it on the resource page under general.. i didn't know how to put it all under one pdf file soo its in pages form.. approx 9 pages...vds700 said:
soo yeah...
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fuck i had to learn complex numbers in 2-3 weeks
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Whenever i see complex number questions in q7 & 8 the immediate reaction is fuck and i look at how much the q is worth to see how many marks im potentially going to loose 
Yer do 4u and 3u becomes piss easy. You shouldnt really loose any marks in 3u integration, parametrics, volumes, projectile motion.....basically in 4u you use ur knowledge from ext1 in the early steps of solving a problem so u get better at it eventually.
And 4u is pretty over-rated in my opinion. All those ppl that were lik ohh its freakin hard 50% will scale to 90's ...all bullshit !!! Ppl who say that kindve crap r ppl that didnt do 4u or ppl that couldnt handle it lol. All the core topics r easy to understand but the difference is in a 4u paper there will be a fair few hard questions that differentiate between studnets.
Yer do 4u and 3u becomes piss easy. You shouldnt really loose any marks in 3u integration, parametrics, volumes, projectile motion.....basically in 4u you use ur knowledge from ext1 in the early steps of solving a problem so u get better at it eventually.
And 4u is pretty over-rated in my opinion. All those ppl that were lik ohh its freakin hard 50% will scale to 90's ...all bullshit !!! Ppl who say that kindve crap r ppl that didnt do 4u or ppl that couldnt handle it lol. All the core topics r easy to understand but the difference is in a 4u paper there will be a fair few hard questions that differentiate between studnets.
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I would agree that 4 unit is overrated. I think 3 unit isn't actually difficult, mastering the basics and simply applying them doesn't force you to think outside the square.Maldini92 said:
I would say 4 unit does make you think outside of the square and under exam conditions, there's much more pressure and added difficulty. So that extra unit isn't really a 1 unit workload and isn't proportional.
My time: 4unit=40%; 3unit=20%; Bio=15%; Eco=15%; Chem=10%
EDIT: lol I just realised I left out english, but thats pretty much correct as all my english study is confined to the night before.
The thing with 4unit is that hard work actually shows, and if you put in more work you will see your marks improve to a point (pretty much learning the basics). But then past that point it is really just talent and ability and being able to work out what to do.
Btw, namu, its good that you are teaching yourself 4unit, but like others have said, some of the applications of complex numbers are really quite hard. When I was learning complex numbers I was all like "this isnt that hard", but harder complex is one of my worst sections of the 4unit paper.
EDIT: lol I just realised I left out english, but thats pretty much correct as all my english study is confined to the night before.
The thing with 4unit is that hard work actually shows, and if you put in more work you will see your marks improve to a point (pretty much learning the basics). But then past that point it is really just talent and ability and being able to work out what to do.
Btw, namu, its good that you are teaching yourself 4unit, but like others have said, some of the applications of complex numbers are really quite hard. When I was learning complex numbers I was all like "this isnt that hard", but harder complex is one of my worst sections of the 4unit paper.