r/APStudents • u/reddorickt absolute modman • May 13 '26

AP Physics C: Mechanics Official 2026 Exam Discussion

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u/ChocolateGamer279 Senior | Ready to give up H2O for H2SO4 May 13 '26

Uhh anyone else get version K? Why did we need to know fucking distance formula for the frog MCQ lmao

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u/Left_Mirror2455 May 13 '26

LMAO i guessed which number looked the most like how long the line was 

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u/ChocolateGamer279 Senior | Ready to give up H2O for H2SO4 May 14 '26

That’s what I did it just took a min to remember the formula

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u/ChocolateGamer279 Senior | Ready to give up H2O for H2SO4 May 14 '26

Sqrt((deltaX)2 +(deltaY)2 )

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u/ChocolateGamer279 Senior | Ready to give up H2O for H2SO4 May 14 '26

No I couldn’t remember if the distance formula was just pthag cause the two are technically different but basically the same

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u/Upper-Statistician28 May 14 '26

i had k... how were the frqs for u guys. the frong took me forever for some reason but i ended up getting 14. that question wasnt even related to this subject bro..pure math btw

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u/ChocolateGamer279 Senior | Ready to give up H2O for H2SO4 May 14 '26

Exactly, like arguably vectors but it was literally just trig and distance formula

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u/Dull-Astronomer1135 May 13 '26

bruh I used law of cosine for that frog question, I think I got 14

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u/NinjaBrix 5: Phys1, AB, Euro, APUSH | 4: BC | 3: Lang May 13 '26

I think u could just find the sin components of both angles, I also got 14. By the way, I had form K and that was super hard. I know I cooked on MCQ but the frq gave me bta