I think I ****ed my Physics practical

Soldato
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Had a Physics Practical exam today. Two practicals, got 35 mins for each, to do the readings and write up.
There were two parts. Mechanics and Electricity.

Mechanics
It was an inclined slope of height h, and lenth l, hence use tan(h/l) to find theta. Well, as simple as it sounds, I ****ed that up :( I took readings of the wrong length which means the rest of my answers were wrong because the other questions relied on me getting that right.
Afterward release a trolley from rest and do some things with the average time. I managed to get the lattar part right, but off course, it relied on the former being right!

Electricity
Had a a few circuits. Simply measure the voltage in parrallel and current in series. I ****ed that up. The current was measured in micro amps, so I need the calculations from the ammeter readings to include the power of 10^-3. I didn't, which meant my answers were wrong, as a result, the other questions which relied on that answer being correct were wrong.

In a nut shell I ****ed up and tbqfh don't really care any more :(
 
Rosbif said:
On a scale of 1 to 10, in all honestly, how well prepared were you going into this exam?

9. Seriously. I knew the requirements. Did past papers. The works. I was the ideal student to pass this flying colours. I was the muts nuts, the dogs dangleys.
But when I saw the equipment I just freaked! :(
 
Arcade Fire said:
They shouldn't penalise you for follow-through mistakes. If you've done the correct calculations with the wrong data you should still get the marks.

I heard something about this. E.c.f - error carried forward marks. I still feel **** though for messing up silly trig and expo powers :(
 
The practical, as well as a theory exam on Wednesday counts for some 30% of the AS marks. I'm in A2, and the reason i'm doing the AS practical is because last year something came up and I wasn't able to attend :)
 
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