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AP Calculus AB
SEMESTER 1 - FINAL EXAM REVIEW
1.) The position of a particle moving in a straight 3
8 h 2
line is given by the equation f (t )  t 3  4t  3 . 2.) Find lim
h 0 h
Find the average velocity of the particle over
the interval 0  t  4 .

3.) Use the graph of y  f ( x) to the right to answer each of

the following limits.
a.) lim f ( x) b.) lim f ( x)
x 3 x 3

c.) lim f ( x) d.) lim f ( x )

x 3 x 6

e.) Using the definition of continuity explain why f ( x) is

not continuous at x  6 .

x3  8
4.) Find the limit: lim .
x2 x  2

4 x
5.) Find the limit (if it exists): lim .
x4 x 2  16

6.) Suppose that lim f  x   14 and lim g  x   8 . Find the limit: lim  f  x   g  x  .
xc x c x c
  x  2, x  0
7.) Given the function f ( x)   , find lim f ( x)  .
 x  2, x  0
2 x 0

f  x
8.) Suppose that lim f  x   7 and lim g  x   15 . Find the limit: lim .
x c x c x c g  x

x 4
9.) Find the limit (if it exists): lim .
x 16 x  16

10.) If f (2)  1 and f '( 2)  3 , find an equation of the tangent line when x  2.

11.) In the interval 5  x  5 the function shown is not differentiable

y

at what values of x? 


x

        








12.) Find the slope of the graph of the function f  x    4 x  5  at x  4 .

2

 5x 
13.) Find the derivative of the function f  x   ln  2 .
 x 8

8x
14.) Use the quotient rule to differentiate f  x   .
x 6
5
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15.) Find the derivative of the function f  x   .
x4

16.) Find f ' ( x) if f ( x) = sin 4 3x .

dy
17.) Find if y  cos3 (2 x) .
dx

8, x  2
18.) State the interval(s) for which the function f ( x)   2 is differentiable.
x , x  2

h( x )
19.) Suppose that g ( x)  and f (3)  5, h(3)  6, g '(3)  4 and f (3)  1. Find h '(3).
f ( x)

20.) Suppose that h( x)  f ( g ( x)) and g (25)  3, g (25)  5, f (25)  7 and f (3)  6. Find h(25).

21.) Find f ' ( x) for f ( x) = (2 x3 + 6)5 .

22.) Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of x 4  2 y 2  1 at the point (2, 4).


 
23.) Find f 1  2  for the function f  x   x3  2x 1 .
 5 x 2  3x  1
24.) Find lim .
x  3x 2  5

25.) A silver dollar is dropped from the top of a building that is 100 feet tall. What is the velocity of the
object after 2 seconds?

26.) Selected values of a strictly monotonic function g(x) and its derivative g’(x) are shown on the table.

x 3 1 2 5
Find g 1   2 
  g  x 2 0 5 1

g  x 
1 1
2  3
4 5
dy
27.) Find by implicit differentiation given that 3 xy  2 .
dx

dy
28.) Find for x3  3x2 y  2 xy 2  12
dx

29.) The radius of a circle is decreasing at a rate of 3m s . How is the area changing when the radius is 6 m?

30.) The radius r of a sphere is increasing at a rate of 4 inches per minute. Find the rate of change of the
 4 
volume when r  6 inches.  Vsphere   r 3 
 3 
31.) A 25-foot-long ladder is leaning against the side of a house. The foot of the ladder is pulled away
from the house at a rate of 2 ft/sec. Determine how fast the top of the ladder is descending when
the foot of the ladder is 15 feet from the house.

1 dx
32.) A point is moving along the graph of the function y  such that  2 centimeters per second.
5x  3
2
dt
dy
Find when x  2 .
dt

dy dx
33.) Assume that x and y are both differentiable functions of t. Find when x  49 and  19 for the
dt dt
equation y  x .

34). Use the tangent line at x  2 and the graph of f to approximate f  2.04  .

dy
35.) Find if y  arcsin( x2 ) .
dx

36.) Find all critical numbers from the first derivative of the function f ( x)  x3  12 x  6 .
37.) Determine from the graph whether f possesses extrema on the interval (a, b).

38.) Locate the absolute extrema of the function f  x   3x2  12x  2 on the closed interval  4, 4 .

t2
39.) Locate the absolute extrema of the function g  t   on the closed interval  3,3 .
t2  3

x
40.) Let f be the function given by f ( x)  . What are the values of c that satisfy the Mean Value
x2
Theorem on the closed interval  1, 2 ?

41.) At what value of x does f ( x)  x  2 x

2
3
have a relative minimum?
42.) At x  2 , which of the following is true of the function f defined by f ( x)  x 2e x ?

(A) f has a relative maximum (B) f has a relative minimum

(C) f is increasing (D) f is decreasing

43.) Find the point(s) of inflection of y  x 4  2 x3 .

44.) At which of the four points (A, B, C or D) on the graph of y  f ( x)

dy d2y
shown to the right is  0 and  0?
dx dx 2

45.) The graph of f is shown in the figure to the right. Which of the following
could be f ' ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
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46.) If y   x , what is the maximum value of the product xy ?
x
1 3
(A) (B)
9 9

2 3 2
(C) (D)
9 3

47.) The graphs of three twice-differentiable functions labeled I, II and

III are shown to the right. They represent the graphs of
f , f  and f  . Which of the following correctly identifies each of
the three graphs?
f f f 
(A) I II III
(B) II I III
(C) III I II
(D) I III II

3x 2
48.) Let f be the function given by f ( x)  . Which of the following represent the equation(s) of
3x 4  1
any horizontal asymptotes to the graph of f ?
(A) y  3 (B) y   3

(C) y 3 (D) y   3

49.) The graph of f  , the derivative of the function f , is shown to the

right. If f is a twice-differentiable function, which of the following
statements must be true?

I. f (c)  f (a)
II. The graph of f is concave up on the interval b  x  c .
III. f has a relative minimum at x  c .

(A) I only (B) II only

(C) III only (D) II and III only

50.) Let f be a function that is continuous on the closed interval  a, c , such that the derivatives of the
function f has the properties indicated in the table below.
x a xb b b x0 0 0 xc
f ( x ) negative 0 positive 3 positive
f ( x ) positive positive positive 0 negative

Which of the following could the be the graph of f ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)