Chapter 2 Test Form A AP Calculus AB

Show all work, round decimal answers must be accurate to at least the thousandths place, include units if applicable, and
include the graph if a graph was used in the solution of the problem.

1. Find the limit without the use of your calculator.

1 1
-
a. lim
x - 1 2
x"3 x-3

x csc x + 1
b. lim

x"0 x csc x

x + sin x
c. lim

x"3 x + cos x

5x + sin x
2. Use the Sandwich theorem to find the lim .
x"3 x

3. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to answer the following question: Is any real number exactly two more than its
cube?

4. A pool is being filled with water using a hose starting at 10:00 AM. The amount of water in the pool at any time can
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be measured using the following function: A(t) = 3t + 10t + 8, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 10. The amount of water is measured in
gallons, the time used is hours.

a. Find the average rate at which water is being poured into the pool from 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

b. Use a proximity of .001 to estimate the instantaneous rate at which water is flowing into the pool at 2:00 PM.

c. Use limits to find the exact rate at which water is flowing into the pool at 2:00 PM.

Chapter 2 Test Form A AP Calculus AB

5. Draw a graph on the coordinate system below that meets all the conditions listed.
Conditions: The domain is all real numbers except 1.
lim f (x) = -2 lim f (x) = +3 lim f (x) = -3
x "+3 x"1
+
x"1
-

f (2) = 4 f (-1) = 5 lim f (x) = 3

x "-3

x
-6 -4 -2 O 2 4 6
-2

-4

-6

6. Using limits, determine the equation of the tangent line at x = 5 for the following function:
2
f (x) = -x + 5x - 10

7. Using limit notation, explain why k must equal 5 in order for f (x) to be continuous in the function below.

f (x) = )
5x - 12k x ≤ 2
-4kx - 10 x > 2