The Odyssey
SL · 50 marks HL · 73 marks
Every question set somewhere in Homer's Odyssey — a bronze helmet as an impulse problem, Charybdis as a whirlpool, the Sirens as a Doppler shift.
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SL · 50 marks HL · 73 marks
Every question set somewhere in Homer's Odyssey — a bronze helmet as an impulse problem, Charybdis as a whirlpool, the Sirens as a Doppler shift.
SL · 26 marks HL · 62 marks
Set around a real gravity-powered trebuchet built to break the sound barrier, from the gravity speed limit to a buzzer screaming past in flight.
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