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  • 13-11-2009 7:36pm
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    irishultra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭


    doin it on my own, find it interesting and easy to a point, but im wondering for section 1 what do you think are the most important aspects to know?

    also from chapters 6-9 inclusive what are the most important elements to know?

    cheers

    as i do it on my own i don't have any idea on what to expect in the exam but is it possible to predict what will come up or is it random like history?

    i find the short questions kinda easy especially as i've hardly looked at the book.


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    Bigdeadlydave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Bigdeadlydave


    You doing ordinary or higher?


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    irishultra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭irishultra


    higher. i'd be happy with a c3.


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    Bigdeadlydave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Bigdeadlydave


    Well im in 6th atm and am looking for a b2/b1 in higher, and I find it quite hard, but a c3 is easy enough to get. My teacher says to know elasticity really well. imo its the hardest chapter, but it seems to be pretty random. In the edco exam papers there is a grid with what has come up in the past 8 or so years.


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    irishultra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭irishultra


    ye its confusing i agree. i started with section 3, as its the most 'interesting' part i find.


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    fkt
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    You should be aiming higher than C3. Ask the business teacher in your school to show you the key area's because with some professional guidance I really think it should be a comfortable B3 at least.

    I'm in fifth year and I find elasticity relatively easy but it needs a good bit of work. You can't just learn it off, you need to understand it.


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    irishultra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭irishultra


    well tbh c3 would be my lowest but i'd be happy since i just started with it last week.


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    PunkFreud
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭PunkFreud


    Economics is totally predictable. Look up past exam papers and see the pattern. It almost never deviates from that.
    You need to know demand/supply, elasticity, a market (always one due up), and a factor of production (always one due up).

    But hey, you don't have to listen to me, I just got an A1 in the subject and am studying it in college.


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    irishultra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭irishultra


    elascity is so complicated for. could anyone condense what i have to know from that?

    also i haven got the workbook does that give you questions that you can practice on?


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    Bigdeadlydave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Bigdeadlydave


    Get the workbook, its good. Also one thing about economics is that it all seems to be connected so not understanding 1 chapter can mess you up down the line.


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    mick kk
    Registered Users Posts: 356 ✭✭mick kk


    you should get your hands on the folens rapid revision economics book. its very good


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