AP CALCULUS AB Test Booklet

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1. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label any
functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give mathematical reasons,
and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems, properties, definitions, or tests are
applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and completeness of your methods as well as your answers.
Answers without supporting work will usually not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is given as a
decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
is a real number.

The graph of the function and a table of selected values of are shown above. The graph of has a
horizontal tangent line at , is concave up for , and is linear for .

(a) Approximate the value of using data from the table. Show the computations that lead to your answer.

(b) Is there a value of , for , such that ? Give a reason for your answer.

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(c) For each of the following limits, find the value or explain why it does not exist.
(i)

(ii)

(iii)

2. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label any
functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give mathematical reasons,
and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems, properties, definitions, or tests are
applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and completeness of your methods as well as your answers.
Answers without supporting work will usually not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is given as a
decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
is a real number.

At an excavation site, the amount of dirt that has been removed, in cubic meters, is modeled by the function
defined above, where is a differentiable function and is measured in hours. Values of at selected values of
are given in the table above.

(a) According to the model , what is the average rate of change of the amount of dirt removed over the time
interval hours?

(b) Use the data in the table to approximate , the instantaneous rate of change in the amount of dirt
removed, in cubic meters per hour, at time hours. Show the computations that lead to your answer.

(c) Is continuous for ? Justify your answer.

(d) Find , the instantaneous rate of change in the amount of dirt removed, in cubic meters per hour, at time
hours.

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3. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label any
functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give mathematical reasons,
and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems, properties, definitions, or tests are
applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and completeness of your methods as well as your answers.
Answers without supporting work will usually not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is given as a
decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
is a real number.

The temperature of a room, in degrees Fahrenheit, on a certain day is modeled by the function defined above,
where is a differentiable function and is measured in hours. Values of at selected values of are given in
the table above.

(a) According to the model , what is the average rate of change of the temperature of the room over the time
interval hours?

(b) Use the data in the table to approximate , the instantaneous rate of change in the temperature of the
room, in degrees Fahrenheit per hour, at time hours. Show the computations that lead to your answer.

(c) Is continuous for ? Justify your answer.

(d) Find , the instantaneous rate of change in the temperature of the room, in degrees Fahrenheit per
hour, at time hours.

4.

Selected values of a function are shown in the table above. What is the average rate of change of over the
interval ?

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(A)

(B)

(C)
(D)

5. Let be the function defined by . The average rate of change of over the interval
is 0.05, where . Which of the following is an equation that could be used to find the value of ?
(A)
(B)
(C)

(D)

6. Let be the function defined by . Which of the following expressions is the average rate of
change of over the interval ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

7.

Selected values of a function are shown in the table above. What is the average rate of change of over the
interval ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

8. Let be the function defined by . The average rate of change of over the interval is 20, where
. Which of the following is an equation that could be used to find the value of ?

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(A)
(B)
(C)

(D)

9. Let be the function defined by . Which of the following expressions is the average rate of
change of on the interval ?
(A)

(B)

(C)
(D)

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