ap-calculus-ab

2011 free-response_formB

6 maths questions

Q1 Connected Rates of Change In/Out Rate Accumulation Problems View
A cylindrical can of radius 10 millimeters is used to measure rainfall in Stormville. The can is initially empty, and rain enters the can during a 60-day period. The height of water in the can is modeled by the function $S$, where $S(t)$ is measured in millimeters and $t$ is measured in days for $0 \leq t \leq 60$. The rate at which the height of the water is rising in the can is given by $S^{\prime}(t) = 2\sin(0.03t) + 1.5$.
(a) According to the model, what is the height of the water in the can at the end of the 60-day period?
(b) According to the model, what is the average rate of change in the height of water in the can over the 60-day period? Show the computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
(c) Assuming no evaporation occurs, at what rate is the volume of water in the can changing at time $t = 7$? Indicate units of measure.
(d) During the same 60-day period, rain on Monsoon Mountain accumulates in a can identical to the one in Stormville. The height of the water in the can on Monsoon Mountain is modeled by the function $M$, where $M(t) = \frac{1}{400}\left(3t^3 - 30t^2 + 330t\right)$. The height $M(t)$ is measured in millimeters, and $t$ is measured in days for $0 \leq t \leq 60$. Let $D(t) = M^{\prime}(t) - S^{\prime}(t)$. Apply the Intermediate Value Theorem to the function $D$ on the interval $0 \leq t \leq 60$ to justify that there exists a time $t$, $0 < t < 60$, at which the heights of water in the two cans are changing at the same rate.
Q2 Indefinite & Definite Integrals Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
A 12,000-liter tank of water is filled to capacity. At time $t = 0$, water begins to drain out of the tank at a rate modeled by $r(t)$, measured in liters per hour, where $r$ is given by the piecewise-defined function $$r(t) = \begin{cases} \dfrac{600t}{t+3} & \text{for } 0 \leq t \leq 5 \\ 1000e^{-0.2t} & \text{for } t > 5 \end{cases}$$
(a) Is $r$ continuous at $t = 5$? Show the work that leads to your answer.
(b) Find the average rate at which water is draining from the tank between time $t = 0$ and time $t = 8$ hours.
(c) Find $r^{\prime}(3)$. Using correct units, explain the meaning of that value in the context of this problem.
(d) Write, but do not solve, an equation involving an integral to find the time $A$ when the amount of water in the tank is 9000 liters.
Q3 Areas Between Curves Multi-Part Free Response with Area, Volume, and Additional Calculus View
The functions $f$ and $g$ are given by $f(x) = \sqrt{x}$ and $g(x) = 6 - x$. Let $R$ be the region bounded by the $x$-axis and the graphs of $f$ and $g$, as shown in the figure above.
(a) Find the area of $R$.
(b) The region $R$ is the base of a solid. For each $y$, where $0 \leq y \leq 2$, the cross section of the solid taken perpendicular to the $y$-axis is a rectangle whose base lies in $R$ and whose height is $2y$. Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression that gives the volume of the solid.
(c) There is a point $P$ on the graph of $f$ at which the line tangent to the graph of $f$ is perpendicular to the graph of $g$. Find the coordinates of point $P$.
Q4 Stationary points and optimisation Find critical points and classify extrema of a given function View
Consider a differentiable function $f$ having domain all positive real numbers, and for which it is known that $f^{\prime}(x) = (4 - x)x^{-3}$ for $x > 0$.
(a) Find the $x$-coordinate of the critical point of $f$. Determine whether the point is a relative maximum, a relative minimum, or neither for the function $f$. Justify your answer.
(b) Find all intervals on which the graph of $f$ is concave down. Justify your answer.
(c) Given that $f(1) = 2$, determine the function $f$.
Q5 Connected Rates of Change Table-Based Estimation with Rate of Change Interpretation View
Ben rides a unicycle back and forth along a straight east-west track. The twice-differentiable function $B$ models Ben's position on the track, measured in meters from the western end of the track, at time $t$, measured in seconds from the start of the ride. The table below gives values for $B(t)$ and Ben's velocity, $v(t)$, measured in meters per second, at selected times $t$.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $t$
(seconds)
& 0 & 10 & 40 & 60 \hline
$B(t)$
(meters)
& 100 & 136 & 9 & 49 \hline
$v(t)$
(meters per second)
& 2.0 & 2.3 & 2.5 & 4.6 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Use the data in the table to approximate Ben's acceleration at time $t = 5$ seconds. Indicate units of measure.
(b) Using correct units, interpret the meaning of $\int_{0}^{60} |v(t)|\, dt$ in the context of this problem. Approximate $\int_{0}^{60} |v(t)|\, dt$ using a left Riemann sum with the subintervals indicated by the data in the table.
(c) For $40 \leq t \leq 60$, must there be a time $t$ when Ben's velocity is 2 meters per second? Justify your answer.
(d) A light is directly above the western end of the track. Ben rides so that at time $t$, the distance $L(t)$ between Ben and the light satisfies $(L(t))^2 = 12^2 + (B(t))^2$. At what rate is the distance between Ben and the light changing at time $t = 40$?
Q6 Indefinite & Definite Integrals Definite Integral Evaluation (Computational) View
Let $g$ be the piecewise-linear function defined on $[-2\pi, 4\pi]$ whose graph is given above, and let $f(x) = g(x) - \cos\left(\dfrac{x}{2}\right)$.
(a) Find $\int_{-2\pi}^{4\pi} f(x)\, dx$. Show the computations that lead to your answer.
(b) Find all $x$-values in the open interval $(-2\pi, 4\pi)$ for which $f$ has a critical point.
(c) Let $h(x) = \int_{0}^{3x} g(t)\, dt$. Find $h^{\prime}\!\left(-\dfrac{\pi}{3}\right)$.