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Calculus AB Unit 3 - 4 - 5 Study Guide

This document is a study guide for an AP Calculus AB exam covering chapters 3, 4, and 5. It contains 20 practice problems testing key concepts like finding critical numbers, absolute and relative extrema, Rolle's theorem, the mean value theorem, points of inflection, and limits. Students are instructed to show their work, use only fractions, and box their final answers. The study guide provides a framework for students to demonstrate their understanding of important calculus topics through worked problems.

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Calculus AB Unit 3 - 4 - 5 Study Guide

This document is a study guide for an AP Calculus AB exam covering chapters 3, 4, and 5. It contains 20 practice problems testing key concepts like finding critical numbers, absolute and relative extrema, Rolle's theorem, the mean value theorem, points of inflection, and limits. Students are instructed to show their work, use only fractions, and box their final answers. The study guide provides a framework for students to demonstrate their understanding of important calculus topics through worked problems.

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AP Calculus AB
Section (Circle one): Blue 2 Gold 3
Chapter 3/4/5 Study Guide
General instructions:
-Calculator is not permitted
-No notes
-No decimals should be used in any answers. All answers must be given in fractions in
reduced form. Leave all improper fractions as improper fractions in your answers. Do not
convert improper fractions to mixed numbers.
-You must show your work. If your answer is correct, but the steps to get to the answer
are wrong, you will NOT get credit for your answer.

Find the critical numbers of the following functions.

1.) 𝑔(𝑥 ) = 𝑥 − 𝑥

Answer to #1:______________________________

2.) 𝑓(θ) = 2 𝑠𝑒𝑐 θ + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 θ where 0 < θ < 2π

Answer to #2:______________________________

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 1 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Find the absolute extrema of the function on the given closed intervals. Box your final answer(s).

𝑡
3.) ℎ(𝑡) = 𝑡+3
on [− 1, 6]

Answer to #3:______________________________

4.) 𝑔(𝑥) =− 4|𝑥 + 4| + 4 on [− 7, 1]

Answer to #4:______________________________

π𝑥
5.) 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛 8
on [0, 2]

Answer to #5:______________________________

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 2 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Determine whether Rolle’s Theorem can be applied to the given function and interval. If yes, explain
why and then give all values 𝑐 in the given interval [𝑎, 𝑏]. If no, explain why not. Box your final
answer(s).

6.) 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 − |𝑥 − 3| on [0, 6]

π 7π
7.) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 3𝑥 on [ , ]
2 6

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 3 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Determine whether the Mean Value Theorem (MVT) can be applied to the function on the given
closed interval [𝑎, 𝑏]. If yes, explain why and then find all values 𝑐 that satisfy the MVT. If no,
explain why not. Box your final answer(s).

𝑥
8.) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥−5
on [1, 4]

9.) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝑥 on [0, π]

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 4 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Determine the increasing and decreasing intervals for each function. Box your final answer(s).

3
10.) ℎ(𝑥) = 12𝑥 − 𝑥

2
11.) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 for 0 < 𝑥 < 2π

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 5 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Apply the First Derivative Test to identify all relative extrema of the functions below. Indicate whether
they are relative maxima or relative minima.

2
𝑥 +4𝑥+4
12.) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥−2

Answer to #12:______________________________

𝑥
13.) 𝑔(𝑥) = 2
+ 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 for − 2π < 𝑥 < π

Answer to #13:______________________________

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 6 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


List the points of inflection for the following functions.

𝑥
14.) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠( 2 ) for 0 < 𝑥 < 8π

Answer to #14:______________________________

3
15.) 𝑔(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 2) (𝑥 − 1)

Answer to #15:______________________________

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 7 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Find the limit if it exists. If it does not exist, write “d.n.e.”

5 𝑥
16.) lim ( 𝑥 − 3
)
𝑥 → −∞

Answer to #16:______________________________

1
17.) lim 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥
𝑥→∞

Answer to #17:______________________________

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 8 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Fill in the chart for the following function. Be sure to use a line for each interval and each x value
separating each interval. Your intervals should break at all critical points, as well as all points where the
second derivative is equal to zero or fails to exist. The column for 𝑓(𝑥) should only be filled in for
points, not intervals. The columns for 𝑓'(𝑥) and 𝑓''(𝑥) should only have entries of +, −, 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑓'𝑑.
You may not need to use all the blank lines available in the chart. Each vertical column will be scored as
a separate problem.

3 5 3 4
𝑓(𝑥) = 2 𝑥 − 5 𝑥

Interval or Point 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑓'(𝑥) 𝑓''(𝑥) Conclusion

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 9 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022


Fill in the chart for the following function. Be sure to use a line for each interval and each x value
separating each interval. Your intervals should break at all critical points, as well as all points where the
second derivative is equal to zero or fails to exist. The column for 𝑓(𝑥) should only be filled in for
points, not intervals. The columns for 𝑓'(𝑥) and 𝑓''(𝑥) should only have entries of +, −, 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑓'𝑑.
You may not need to use all the blank lines available in the chart. Each vertical column will be scored as
a separate problem.

𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 π 3π
𝑓(𝑥) = 1+𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥
for − 2
≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2

Interval or Point 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑓'(𝑥) 𝑓''(𝑥) Conclusion

AP Calculus AB Unit 3/4/5 Study Guide p. 10 of 10 (Mr. Blanke) 2021-2022

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