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Marking calculations in the HSC (1 Viewer)

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I was wondering what would happen if you made an error in one of the first steps of doing a calculation, e.g. calculating the wrong frequency and then using E = hf. Obviously your E would be wrong but would you get 1/2 or would you lose both marks and get 0/2?
 

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I was wondering what would happen if you made an error in one of the first steps of doing a calculation, e.g. calculating the wrong frequency and then using E = hf. Obviously your E would be wrong but would you get 1/2 or would you lose both marks and get 0/2?
You would not be penalised both marks for an error like that.

You may lose 1 mark, if your error is significant, or you may still get full marks if it is viewed as a transcription error (say for G you write 6.77x10-11 instead of 6.67x10-11), you can still get 2/2.

The answer itself doesn't really matter too much, we look for the process of obtaining an answer when marking HSC calculation questions
 

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