AP CALCULUS AB Test Booklet

U1 review 1

1. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label any
functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give mathematical reasons,
and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems, properties, definitions, or tests are
applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and completeness of your methods as well as your answers.
Answers without supporting work will usually not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is given as a
decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
is a real number.

Let be the function defined above, where is a constant.

(a) For what value of , if any, is continuous at ? Justify your answer.

(b) What type of discontinuity does have at ? Give a reason for your answer.

(c) Find all horizontal asymptotes to the graph of . Show the work that leads to your answer.

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U1 review 1

2. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label any
functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give mathematical reasons,
and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems, properties, definitions, or tests are
applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and completeness of your methods as well as your answers.
Answers without supporting work will usually not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is given as a
decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
is a real number.

The graphs of the functions and are shown above on the interval . The graphs consist of line
segments, except where on the interval .

(a) Write a difference quotient that best approximates the instantaneous rate of change of at .

(b) Let . Find . Use correct limit notation in your answer.

(c) Let . Consider , , and . At which one of these values does

have a jump discontinuity? Justify your answer for the jump discontinuity using correct limit notation.

(d) Values of at selected values of are given in the table below. What type of discontinuity does have
at ? Based on the values in the table, what is a reasonable estimate for ? Give a reason for your
answer.

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