AP CALCULUS AB WINTER TERM Score

QUIZ ONE NAME ___________________________ ____ /100

Please show work for full credit! Graphing calculators are permissible. Answers on
separate sheet…please.

1) Carefully describe the method of linear approximation and illustrate its use with
an example of your own. (10 points)
2) If two resistors with resistances R1 and R2 are connected in parallel, as in the
figure, then the total resistance R, measured in ohms ( ), is given by:
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 
R R1 R2

If R1 and R2 are increasing at rates of 0.3 /s and 0.2 /s, respectively, how
fast is R changing when R1 = 80  and R2 =100 ? (30 points)
3) Two people start from the same point. One walks east at 3 mi/h and the other
walks northeast at 2 mi/h. How fast is the distance between the people changing
after 15 minutes? (30 points)
4) Find the linear approximation of the function g ( x) 3 1 x at a 0 and use it to
approximate the numbers 3 0.95 and 3 1.1 . Illustrate by graphing g and the
tangent line. [Use your TI.] (10 points)
5) A particle moves on a vertical line so that its coordinate at time t is
x  b 2 c 2 t 2 , t 0 , where b and c are positive constants. (20 points)

a) Find the velocity and acceleration functions.

b) Show that the particle always moves in a positive direction.
**BONUS QUESTION**
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6) Show that if f and f are differentiable, then
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f ' ( f 1 ( x))  1'
f ( x)
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