Master the AP Calculus AB & BC (Peterson's Ap Calculus Ab & Bc)

696 Pages·2007·6.52 MB·English

PETERSON’S
M
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AP C
ALCULUS
AB & BC
2nd Edition
W. Michael Kelley
Mark Wilding,
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Acknowledgments .................................... xiii
Before You Begin ........................................... xv
How This Book Is Organized ........................... xv
Special Study Features ................................. xv
Appendix ............................................. xvi
You’re Well on Your Way to Success ..................... xvi
Give Us Your Feedback ................................ xvi
Mike Kelley’s How to Use This Book ................... xvii
Quick Reference Guide ................................. xx
Top 10 Strategies to Raise Your Score ................. xxiv
PART I: AP CALCULUS AB & BC BASICS
1 All About the AP Calculus AB & BC Tests............... 3
Frequently Asked Questions About the AP Calculus Tests .. 3
Summing It Up ......................................... 9
PART II: AP CALCULUS AB & BC REVIEW
2 Calculus Prerequisites ................................ 13
Functions and Relations ................................ 13
Exercise 1 ............................................. 19
Answers and Explanations ............................. 21
Function Properties .................................... 22
Exercise 2 ............................................. 24
Answers and Explanations ............................. 25
Inverse Functions ..................................... 26
Exercise 3 ............................................. 29
Answers and Explanations ............................. 30
Hands-On Activity 2.1: Transforming Functions .......... 31
Selected Solutions to Hands-on Activity 2.1 .............. 34
Exercise 4 ............................................. 35
Answers and Explanations ............................. 37
Trigonometry .......................................... 39
Exercise 5 ............................................. 45
Answers and Explanations ............................. 46
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. Polar Equations (BC Topic Only) ........................ 53
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Exercise 7 ............................................. 56
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. Vectors and Vector Equations (BC Topic Only) ........... 59
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. Exercise 8 ............................................. 63
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. Technology: Solving Equations with a Graphing
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. Calculator ............................................. 63
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Exercise 9 ............................................. 66
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.3 Limits and Continuity ................................. 71
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. Hands-On Activity 3.1: What Is a Limit? ................ 71
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. Evaluating Limits Analytically ......................... 78
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Exercise 2 ............................................. 80
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. Continuity ............................................ 82
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. Exercise 4 ............................................. 92
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. Hands-On Activity 3.3: The Intermediate Value Theorem . 93
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. Limits Involving Infinity ............................... 99
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. Exercise 6 ............................................ 102
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Special Limits ........................................ 104
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. Exercise 7 ............................................ 107
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The Power Rule ...................................... 125
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Derivatives to Memorize .............................. 128 .
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Exercise 3 ............................................ 131
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The Chain Rule ...................................... 133 .
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The Product Rule ..................................... 137 .
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The Quotient Rule .................................... 140
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A Word About Respecting Variables .................... 143 .
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Implicit Differentiation ................................ 146 .
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Exercise 8 ............................................ 149 .
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Hands-On Activity 4.1: Approximating Derivatives ...... 152 .
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Selected Solutions to Hands-On Activity 4.1 ............ 153 .
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Exercise 9 ............................................ 154 .
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Technology: Finding Numerical Derivatives with the .
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Exercise 10 ........................................... 157
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Summing It Up ....................................... 164 .
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Hands-On Activity 5.1: Linear Approximations .......... 170 .
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L’Hôpital’s Rule (BC Topic Only) ....................... 173 .
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. Polar Derivatives (BC Topic Only) ..................... 182
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. Exercise 5 ............................................ 184
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. Technology: Finding Polar and Parametric Derivatives
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. with Your Calculator (BC Topic Only) .................. 187
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Exercise 6 ............................................ 189
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. Related Rates ........................................ 195
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Theorems ............................................ 203
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Hands-On Activity 6.2: The First Derivative Test ........ 210
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Concavity ............................................ 217
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. Optimization ......................................... 230
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. Exercise 8 ............................................ 240
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The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus ................. 270 .
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Hands-On Activity 7.2: Accumulation Functions ......... 281
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Integrating Inverse Trigonometric Functions ............ 301
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Miscellaneous Methods of Integration .................. 315 .
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Powers of Trigonometric Functions (BC Topic Only) ..... 326 .
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9 Applications of Integration ......................... 353
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. Hands-On Activity 9.1: Area Between Curves ........... 353
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Polar Area (BC Topic Only) ............................ 389
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. Technology: Using Your Calculator Efficiently ........... 396
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Solutions to Hands-On Activity 10.1 .................... 409
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. Hands-On Activity 10.2: Slope Fields ................... 413
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Selected Solutions to Hands-On Activity 10.2 ........... 415
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. Euler’s Method (BC Topic Only) ........................ 420
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. Exponential Growth and Decay ........................ 428
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