HSC students' maths paper 'cruel and difficult' (SMH) (1 Viewer)

[Omnipotence]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

It would be awkward when someone read it and thought it was the actual Tae Yang haha.

 

[PaterzAttack]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

haha mad shit. live in the same town as timting

 

[mirakon]

The layout of the exams this year was strange. Put the easier questions last. haha

Its what you use reading time for

 

[Omnipotence]

Yeah

 

[OmmU]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

Damn I should have said something poetic, dramatic and inspirational and I could have been featured in the article xD

It made me feel better though

 

[mirakon]

Yeah

Although I have pretty big disdain for those whining about the english paper (imo the paper was entirely fair) the Ext 1 Maths paper this year was more difficult than usual, not because of the presence of questions difficult to get your head around, but because a lot of the questions required working disproportionate to the marks given.

 

[aphorae]

Sample question
A game is played by throwing darts at a target. A player can choose to throw two or three darts.
Darcy plays two games. In Game 1, he chooses to throw two darts, and wins if he hits the target at least once. In Game 2, he chooses to throw three darts, and wins if he hits the target at least twice.
The probability that Darcy hits the target on any throw is p, where 0 < p < 1.
(i) Show that the probability that Darcy wins Game 1 is 2p - p[squared].
(ii) Show that the probaility that Darcy wins Game 2 is 3p[squared] - 2p[cubed].
(iii) Prove that Darcy is more likely to win Game 1 than Game 2.
(iv) Find the value of p for which Darcy is twice as likely to wine Game 1 as he is to win Game 2.




haha, they're trying to scare the public by a scary looking problem, but infact, i thought it was the easiest haha xD

they should've put in the binomials one rofl

 

[aphorae]

lol@article

231 people are reading this now.

 

[math man]

article made me lol hard...i looked at the paper and did it in less than an hour...i believe the paper was of moderate difficulty i reckon 2006 was still harder, but yeh major lol

 

[Galladrim]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

They're watching us

Do they need to ask permission to take content from the site?

 

[Proteus]

a lot of the questions required working disproportionate to the marks given.

+1 to this comment

 

[Dylanamali]

LOL - the paper was NOT unbelievable difficult - and I doubt the majority of students will barely pass (50%).
But yes I do agree with mirakon, the working out for 1 markers was way too excessive.

 

[2011_]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

They're watching us

Do they need to ask permission to take content from the site?

I would also like the answer to this - can they use my posts without prior permission?

 

[iRuler]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

I would also like the answer to this - can they use my posts without prior permission?

why not?

This is a public forum after all.

 

[powlmao]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

I would also like the answer to this - can they use my posts without prior permission?

Probably since they did

 

[b00m]

lol at guys who got quoted in the paper ahahhahaa well done

 

[Galladrim]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

I would also like the answer to this - can they use my posts without prior permission?

All I'm going to say is look at Facebook - And learn from the mistakes of other on it.

Don't want something recorded? Don't post it. Simple rule.

 

[Rafy]

Re: Lol people from bos mentioned in smh article

(1) A fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work if:

(a) it is for the purpose of, or is associated with, the reporting of news in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical and a sufficient acknowledgement of the work is made; or

 

[someth1ng]

Yeah, BoS is adding a shit load of 1 markers...

 

[Riproot]

So funny that they quoted of BOS members.

I didn't think they would put "Holy shit" in the paper. Hahaha.

Although I have pretty big disdain for those whining about the english paper (imo the paper was entirely fair) the Ext 1 Maths paper this year was more difficult than usual, not because of the presence of questions difficult to get your head around, but because a lot of the questions required working disproportionate to the marks given.

Like the fucking parabola-y one... I died. :/

haha, they're trying to scare the public by a scary looking problem, but infact, i thought it was the easiest haha xD

Yeah,, I think I got like one mark off for that. :/

they should've put in the binomials one rofl

My friend got all of that out, and I beat him by 6 marks in the trial. So disappoint... Shit test.