AP Calculus 30

Major Assignment #1A Limits and Derivatives

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Target Question Total Earned

Number Marks Marks
C2 To use limit notation, to evaluate limits, and to determine if a function is 3,4,5 17
continuous by examining the graph of the function.
C3 To determine limits, at real numbers and at infinity, of many types of 1,2 15
functions including those that involve absolute value, roots, and piecewise
functions, by applying appropriate strategies such as direct substitution, factoring,
simplifying, rationalizing, and rewriting.
C4 To identify the location of a discontinuity and the type of discontinuity by 6 11
examining the graph of a function or just the function.
D. 1 To interpret the slope of a line as a rate of change, and to find the equation 8 3
of a line.
D. 2 To introduce the concepts of secant line and tangent line to a curve at a
point and to estimate the slope of a tangent line to a curve at a point by finding
slopes of secant lines numerically.
D. 3 To determine the slope of the tangent line drawn to a curve at a particular
point.

D4 To determine the slope of a tangent line at the general point .

7,9 16
1. Use the definition of a derivative to find if . Show all of your work.
2. Evaluate each limit (if it exists).

a) b) c)

3. Jeanette can evaluate in three different ways. Can you do the same? Try to think of as many
different methods as you can to find the limit.

4. Suppose . What does this mean? Explain the context of 5 and -1. Draw a sketch to represent this
situation. Write as if you were explaining it to another student in our class.

5. Use the graph of g(x) to evaluate each limit (if it exists).

a)

b)

c)

d)

6. Identify the type of discontinuity for the following functions.

2
x −9 |x +3| x +1
a) f(x) = b) y= c) f(x) = 2
x +3 x +3 x +5 x +4

7. What is the equation of the tangent line that goes through the point (x, f(x)) of the function ,
using the 3 step process?

8. What is the equation of the tangent line that goes through the point (2, 31.5) of the function ,
using the 3 step process?

9. Use the definition of a derivative to find for each of the following functions.
a)

b)
c)