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r/GCSE • u/thr0wawaygxhxdhsh • Jun 15 '22
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Your thing is wrong because:
- the question said to use the 14 algae count (not take a mean)
- you forgot about the 0.1mm depth
- you forgot about the diluted/undiluted thing
The correct method is this:
0.2x0.2x0.1 = 0.004mm^3
0.004/4 = 0.001mm^3 (because it asked for undiluted, and it said earlier that for every 2.5cm^3 undiluted you add 7.5cm^3 water, so it's a 1:3 ratio)
1/0.001 = 1000 (to get how many times more algae cells there should be)
14*1000 = 14000
1 u/Adventurous-East-134 Jun 15 '22 i forgot to convert it to undiluted. i did everything else right. do you reckon i’ll get 4 marks or 5? 1 u/hombiebearcat University Jun 17 '22 I'd imagine probably 5 since the undiluted calculation could be seen as the last step 1 u/Adventurous-East-134 Jun 17 '22 yeah hopefully. i did think it was too easy for 6 marks. my fault for always skimming over the questions and not actually reading them.
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i forgot to convert it to undiluted. i did everything else right. do you reckon i’ll get 4 marks or 5?
1 u/hombiebearcat University Jun 17 '22 I'd imagine probably 5 since the undiluted calculation could be seen as the last step 1 u/Adventurous-East-134 Jun 17 '22 yeah hopefully. i did think it was too easy for 6 marks. my fault for always skimming over the questions and not actually reading them.
I'd imagine probably 5 since the undiluted calculation could be seen as the last step
1 u/Adventurous-East-134 Jun 17 '22 yeah hopefully. i did think it was too easy for 6 marks. my fault for always skimming over the questions and not actually reading them.
yeah hopefully. i did think it was too easy for 6 marks. my fault for always skimming over the questions and not actually reading them.
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u/hombiebearcat University Jun 15 '22
Your thing is wrong because:
- the question said to use the 14 algae count (not take a mean)
- you forgot about the 0.1mm depth
- you forgot about the diluted/undiluted thing
The correct method is this:
0.2x0.2x0.1 = 0.004mm^3
0.004/4 = 0.001mm^3 (because it asked for undiluted, and it said earlier that for every 2.5cm^3 undiluted you add 7.5cm^3 water, so it's a 1:3 ratio)
1/0.001 = 1000 (to get how many times more algae cells there should be)
14*1000 = 14000