Haha that is way too true
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Haha that is way too true
There's alot of good info in this thread too...but spaced between it is huge chunks of off-topicness. I'll go through it and compose a massive list of quotes from me + arutha + mcnerdy about hsfy some time.
[Edit]Actually that'd take absolutely ages. Newcomers should look up the list of posts by member for this thread cause that'd be pretty good.
[Edit2]And on the topic of moderation, the NZ requirements thread is pretty much the auckland thread.
[Edit]Actually that'd take absolutely ages. Newcomers should look up the list of posts by member for this thread cause that'd be pretty good.
[Edit2]And on the topic of moderation, the NZ requirements thread is pretty much the auckland thread.
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im taking it that the chem terms test is pure multi choice questions?
The markers are just machines.
I don't know how to phrase this, but how hard is the chem and physics mid terms? I know that you only get the grades out in return for the effort you put in - but in relation to the Cells and Hubs midterms, which I would say would be on a medium scale, what "hardness" would you guys last year have given it?
I think that Physics is going to suck, because I have not done anything for it (thank goodness for plussage), I think its going to be a little like UMAT where I just guess the option -hopefully I can wing it with mechanics, but bulk materials and themodynamics will be horrendous.
I am hopeful for chemistry. :unsure:
I think that Physics is going to suck, because I have not done anything for it (thank goodness for plussage), I think its going to be a little like UMAT where I just guess the option -hopefully I can wing it with mechanics, but bulk materials and themodynamics will be horrendous.
I am hopeful for chemistry. :unsure:
From the sounds of it, your CELS test was slightly easier than what your PHSI and CHEM are going to be like. The HUBS test is known for being much easier than the other ones. Last year the only thing I found actually hard was the CELS terms test, the HEAL terms test, and the finals for those. Everything else is pretty meh if you know your stuff.
Attempting to study haha but I'm not sure about a couple of practise questions from blackboard from kinematics..
I'm fine with part a (Answer = 2.6ms^-2) but part b is the problem
It should be nearly the same process? We need to find acceleration in the direction of 'down the hill', so you'll use a=Fnet/m, but a and Fnet have to be in the same direction, so we need to find Fnet parallel to the slope of the hill.
Taking 'down the hill' as positive, Fnet = component of weight force acting down the hill - frictional force
Component of weight force acting down the hill = W x cos75 = mg x cos75 = 22000cos75, and frictional force is given as 5000
So Fnet = 22000cos75-5000
and a = Fnet/m = (22000cos75-5000)/2200
Typing that into the calculator gives 0.315ms^-2
Only difference between b) and a) is that in b) you need to find Fnet rather than purely the component of the weight force acting down the hill.
Taking 'down the hill' as positive, Fnet = component of weight force acting down the hill - frictional force
Component of weight force acting down the hill = W x cos75 = mg x cos75 = 22000cos75, and frictional force is given as 5000
So Fnet = 22000cos75-5000
and a = Fnet/m = (22000cos75-5000)/2200
Typing that into the calculator gives 0.315ms^-2
Only difference between b) and a) is that in b) you need to find Fnet rather than purely the component of the weight force acting down the hill.
There was a question asking you to convert 130 mmHg cystolic pressure and 80mmHg diastolic pressure into Pascals.
They also told you that 760mmHg is atmospheric pressure and that the above pressures are gauge pressures.
I did this by dividing 101300 Pa by 760mmHg (=133.289)to find out how many pascals there were per mmHg. Then by multiplying 130 and 80 each by 133.289 tells you the gauge pressure in pascals.
However there were some questions further on that required this conversion but didnt tell you that 760 is atmospheric pressure. So really my question is, were they expecting you to know this or refer back to the earlier question? Is there another way to do this without using the knowlegde that 760 is atmospheric pressure?
They also told you that 760mmHg is atmospheric pressure and that the above pressures are gauge pressures.
I did this by dividing 101300 Pa by 760mmHg (=133.289)to find out how many pascals there were per mmHg. Then by multiplying 130 and 80 each by 133.289 tells you the gauge pressure in pascals.
However there were some questions further on that required this conversion but didnt tell you that 760 is atmospheric pressure. So really my question is, were they expecting you to know this or refer back to the earlier question? Is there another way to do this without using the knowlegde that 760 is atmospheric pressure?
Sounds like something that isn't included in PHSI anymore. I wouldn't fret about it. There are hardly any cases of the answer from one question being used in the next. The only case I can remember is last year's terms test when one question's answer about satellites and gravity was used in the next one. I didn't realise the link at the time, so had to play around with the gravity formula (which isn't given funnily enough) and get the answer some convoluted way. I only realised after the test what the link was between those questions. But yeah if 2 questions seem quite similar then maybe you need to use the answer from the first one but usually you won't have to.
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