mathstats1

that's short for mathematics and statistics 1.

i hope i'll get a B for it. 15 marks sure gone, so A is out of my list. klw dapat B pon dah cukup buat me =)

how was the paper?

1. the format is the same as the past years' papers. you see, we students can print old exam papers from the net. so, kite cube soalan2 exams... soalannye tk byk sgt ah... ade 2 sections. section A ade 8 questions, 5 marks each. we can expect to see 1 or 2 logarithm questions, 1 trapezoidal rule question, 1 significant figures question, transformation of non-linear to linear equation question...etc.

for section B, there 4 main questions, of course, each has its own components. 1 question: 15 marks. section B, yang confirm masuk are the scatter plot graph question (+linear correlation coefficient+least square method+labelling regression line+prediction), another logarithm question, exponential decay, area n volume of bounded regions, n maxima/minima question. just now also got rate of change question which i screwed up big time! worth 5 marks, man!

2. alhamdulillah~ most of the time me dpt buat smoothly, although i knew very well that there were careless calculations and wrong steps here n there, which may cost me 1,2,3 or the whole marks for that particular question; gone!

i was stuck two times: one, a logarithm question in section A. dapat buat halfway, then tk tahu ape yg harus ditulis; nak cancel off ke, multiply ke...stuck begitu je! so me tglkan je ah.. the second one is the maxima question. Ya Allah, me rase sedih sekali! it was the last question, and i didnt have a clue how to get the correct equation. as long as you couldnt figure out the equation to differentiate, you can never answer that question! ='(

actually, soalan yang seakan2 same dgn the maxima question tadi ade dlm 2 of the exam papers that i printed. n guess what? while i know that profit is revenue - cost, i got the equation for revenue wrong!! i mistook it for the equation of the number of bowls sold. i totally didnt remember that revenue is selling price x price!

all the time i was figuring out how to get another 'x' in the equation so it'll be 'x-square', n so when i differentiate i can retain an 'x'.

sekarang me tgh cube redha dgn keadaan. mungkin kau deserve it. yang lain went smooth, mestilah satu atau dua yg tersangkut. kau tk belajar betul2, sbb tu tk semua yang dipermudahkan. semoga ini menjadi pengajaran untuk kau.

tapi bila pikir balik, hati ni berbisik: klw kau doa dan mintak betul2 tadi, semase lagi 10 minit sebelum 'time's-up!', mungkin Allah akan beri kau ilham..

ntah lah eh...yg dah lepas tu lepas lah ye?

sekarang nie plak belum belajar human anatomy and physiology. ish~ byk sgt fakta nk kena ingat. sikit2 macam belajar sejarah dulu.. from the small terms and facts, to the big and important names and facts and mechanism and processes. must be able to know them all and explain them clearly!

ok.

signing off...bye!


p/s: i've changed my specs. it was in may or july this year, cant remember. the frame's blue. ergh. but the shape is rectangle-like. not oval like my old specs. i remembered spending a LOOONG time in the shop, trying to find the perfect specs. finally, i gave up and chose this blue frame. klw yg nerd-style tu, ade, tapi it makes my face wide bila pakai tudung. my current specs nie pon same jugak..but nak buat camne? dah beli, n tkde frame oval yg berkenan di hati.

tkpelah. =) oh! n my degree pon dah naik. 200+ or 300+ gitu. =(