ap-calculus-ab

2016 free-response

6 maths questions

Q1 Indefinite & Definite Integrals Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
Water is pumped into a tank at a rate modeled by $W ( t ) = 2000 e ^ { - t ^ { 2 } / 20 }$ liters per hour for $0 \leq t \leq 8$, where $t$ is measured in hours. Water is removed from the tank at a rate modeled by $R ( t )$ liters per hour, where $R$ is differentiable and decreasing on $0 \leq t \leq 8$. Selected values of $R ( t )$ are shown in the table below. At time $t = 0$, there are 50,000 liters of water in the tank.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $t$
(hours)
& 0 & 1 & 3 & 6 & 8 \hline
$R ( t )$
(liters / hour)
& 1340 & 1190 & 950 & 740 & 700 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Estimate $R ^ { \prime } ( 2 )$. Show the work that leads to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
(b) Use a left Riemann sum with the four subintervals indicated by the table to estimate the total amount of water removed from the tank during the 8 hours. Is this an overestimate or an underestimate of the total amount of water removed? Give a reason for your answer.
(c) Use your answer from part (b) to find an estimate of the total amount of water in the tank, to the nearest liter, at the end of 8 hours.
(d) For $0 \leq t \leq 8$, is there a time $t$ when the rate at which water is pumped into the tank is the same as the rate at which water is removed from the tank? Explain why or why not.
Q2 Variable acceleration (vectors) View
For $t \geq 0$, a particle moves along the $x$-axis. The velocity of the particle at time $t$ is given by $v ( t ) = 1 + 2 \sin \left( \frac { t ^ { 2 } } { 2 } \right)$. The particle is at position $x = 2$ at time $t = 4$.
(a) At time $t = 4$, is the particle speeding up or slowing down?
(b) Find all times $t$ in the interval $0 < t < 3$ when the particle changes direction. Justify your answer.
(c) Find the position of the particle at time $t = 0$.
(d) Find the total distance the particle travels from time $t = 0$ to time $t = 3$.
Q3 Indefinite & Definite Integrals Accumulation Function Analysis View
The figure above shows the graph of the piecewise-linear function $f$. For $- 4 \leq x \leq 12$, the function $g$ is defined by $g ( x ) = \int _ { 2 } ^ { x } f ( t ) \, dt$.
(a) Does $g$ have a relative minimum, a relative maximum, or neither at $x = 10$? Justify your answer.
(b) Does the graph of $g$ have a point of inflection at $x = 4$? Justify your answer.
(c) Find the absolute minimum value and the absolute maximum value of $g$ on the interval $- 4 \leq x \leq 12$. Justify your answers.
(d) For $- 4 \leq x \leq 12$, find all intervals for which $g ( x ) \leq 0$.
Q4 Differential equations Multi-Part DE Problem (Slope Field + Solve + Analyze) View
Consider the differential equation $\frac { d y } { d x } = \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { x - 1 }$.
(a) On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential equation at the six points indicated.
(b) Let $y = f ( x )$ be the particular solution to the given differential equation with the initial condition $f ( 2 ) = 3$. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of $y = f ( x )$ at $x = 2$. Use your equation to approximate $f ( 2.1 )$.
(c) Find the particular solution $y = f ( x )$ to the given differential equation with the initial condition $f ( 2 ) = 3$.
Q5 Connected Rates of Change Volume/Height Related Rates for Containers and Solids View
The inside of a funnel of height 10 inches has circular cross sections, as shown in the figure above. At height $h$, the radius of the funnel is given by $r = \frac { 1 } { 20 } \left( 3 + h ^ { 2 } \right)$, where $0 \leq h \leq 10$. The units of $r$ and $h$ are inches.
(a) Find the average value of the radius of the funnel.
(b) Find the volume of the funnel.
(c) The funnel contains liquid that is draining from the bottom. At the instant when the height of the liquid is $h = 3$ inches, the radius of the surface of the liquid is decreasing at a rate of $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$ inch per second. At this instant, what is the rate of change of the height of the liquid with respect to time?
Q6 Product & Quotient Rules View
The functions $f$ and $g$ have continuous second derivatives. The table below gives values of the functions and their derivatives at selected values of $x$.
$x$$f ( x )$$f ^ { \prime } ( x )$$g ( x )$$g ^ { \prime } ( x )$
1$-6$328
22$-2$$-3$0
38762
6453$-1$

(a) Let $k ( x ) = f ( g ( x ) )$. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of $k$ at $x = 3$.
(b) Let $h ( x ) = \frac { g ( x ) } { f ( x ) }$. Find $h ^ { \prime } ( 1 )$.
(c) Evaluate $\int _ { 1 } ^ { 3 } f ^ { \prime \prime } ( 2 x ) \, d x$.