Thanks for the tip off comments, the error in Paper 2 has been confirmed and this is good news and usually results in the awarding of full marks in that question.
I have investigated and discovered that The Irish Independent has just released this post:
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has admitted that there was an error on today’s Leaving Certificate Maths Higher Level Paper 2. The error, in Question 8, may have been a “cause of confusion for candidates” say exam chiefs who added it was “ regretted”. The SEC said the impact of the error on candidates’ answering will be taken into account by the Chief Examiner when finalising the marking scheme for this examination “The SEC operates within the core principle that candidates cannot be disadvantaged as a result of an error on an examination paper” a spokesperson said. The marking scheme for the paper will, as usual, be published along with those in all other subjects after the issue of results in mid-August and candidates have the option of appealing their results. The Higher Level Math examination consists of two papers, with a combined total mark allocation of 600 marks. Of these 600 marks, Question 8 on Paper 2 is worth 30 marks.
Also studentxpress.ie published the solutions to this paper and suggested:
Question 8: This question contains a serious error. It is not possible to draw a triangle with such dimensions. Using different methods will yield different answers all of which are wrong because there are no right answers. Full marks will be awarded for this question.
I have investigated and discovered that The Irish Independent has just released this post:
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has admitted that there was an error on today’s Leaving Certificate Maths Higher Level Paper 2. The error, in Question 8, may have been a “cause of confusion for candidates” say exam chiefs who added it was “ regretted”. The SEC said the impact of the error on candidates’ answering will be taken into account by the Chief Examiner when finalising the marking scheme for this examination “The SEC operates within the core principle that candidates cannot be disadvantaged as a result of an error on an examination paper” a spokesperson said. The marking scheme for the paper will, as usual, be published along with those in all other subjects after the issue of results in mid-August and candidates have the option of appealing their results. The Higher Level Math examination consists of two papers, with a combined total mark allocation of 600 marks. Of these 600 marks, Question 8 on Paper 2 is worth 30 marks.
Also studentxpress.ie published the solutions to this paper and suggested:
Question 8: This question contains a serious error. It is not possible to draw a triangle with such dimensions. Using different methods will yield different answers all of which are wrong because there are no right answers. Full marks will be awarded for this question.