Chapter 3 Test Form D AP Calculus AB

You may use your calculator for all the problems on this test unless otherwise noted, however, you may not use your
calculator to find ANY derivatives.

1. The graph below is the position function of a particle moving along the x-axis in which the vertical axis is the
position of the particle and the horizontal axis is time (sec).
f (t)

2
t
O 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
-2

-4

a. Sketch a graph of the velocity of the object on the grid below.

v(t)

2
t
O 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
-2

-4

b. Determine the displacement of the particle over the course of 18 seconds.

2
2. Given the function f (x) = x sin x
r
a. Find the equation of the tangent line to f (x) at x = - .
6

b. There are two points on the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 2r where the tangents to f (x) are parallel to the tangent line you
came up with in part (a). Find the two values of x.
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3. A particle moves along the x-axis according to the following position function:
2
s(t) = -2t + 10t - 8 for the time period t = 0 to 5 seconds.

a. Determine the total distance traveled by the particle for the given time period.

b. Give the position of the particle when it is furthest to the right during the given time interval.

2x
4a. Use the limit definition to find f ′(x), given f (x) = .
x-1

b. Using any technique learned in chapter 3, find the second derivative of f (x).
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5. Find the derivatives of the following functions. You may not use your calculator on these problems.
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a. y = x cos x + sin x at x = 0

-2 5 3
b. y = 2x (x - x ) at x = -2

cot x r
c. y = at x =
r-x 4

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6. Given f (x) = 2x - 4, Find the point or points on f for which the line 2x - 6y = 42 is tangent to f (x).