ap-calculus-ab

2019 free-response

6 maths questions

Q1 Indefinite & Definite Integrals Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
Fish enter a lake at a rate modeled by the function $E$ given by $E(t) = 20 + 15\sin\left(\frac{\pi t}{6}\right)$. Fish leave the lake at a rate modeled by the function $L$ given by $L(t) = 4 + 2^{0.1t^2}$. Both $E(t)$ and $L(t)$ are measured in fish per hour, and $t$ is measured in hours since midnight $(t = 0)$.
(a) How many fish enter the lake over the 5-hour period from midnight $(t = 0)$ to 5 A.M. $(t = 5)$? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
(b) What is the average number of fish that leave the lake per hour over the 5-hour period from midnight $(t = 0)$ to 5 A.M. $(t = 5)$?
(c) At what time $t$, for $0 \leq t \leq 8$, is the greatest number of fish in the lake? Justify your answer.
(d) Is the rate of change in the number of fish in the lake increasing or decreasing at 5 a.m. $(t = 5)$? Explain your reasoning.
Q2 Indefinite & Definite Integrals Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
The velocity of a particle, $P$, moving along the $x$-axis is given by the differentiable function $v_P$, where $v_P(t)$ is measured in meters per hour and $t$ is measured in hours. Selected values of $v_P(t)$ are shown in the table below. Particle $P$ is at the origin at time $t = 0$.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $t$
(hours)
& 0 & 0.3 & 1.7 & 2.8 & 4 \hline
$v_P(t)$
(meters per hour)
& 0 & 55 & -29 & 55 & 48 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Justify why there must be at least one time $t$, for $0.3 \leq t \leq 2.8$, at which $v_P'(t)$, the acceleration of particle $P$, equals 0 meters per hour per hour.
(b) Use a trapezoidal sum with the three subintervals $[0, 0.3]$, $[0.3, 1.7]$, and $[1.7, 2.8]$ to approximate the value of $\int_0^{2.8} v_P(t)\, dt$.
(c) A second particle, $Q$, also moves along the $x$-axis so that its velocity for $0 \leq t \leq 4$ is given by $v_Q(t) = 45\sqrt{t}\cos\left(0.063t^2\right)$ meters per hour. Find the time interval during which the velocity of particle $Q$ is at least 60 meters per hour. Find the distance traveled by particle $Q$ during the interval when the velocity of particle $Q$ is at least 60 meters per hour.
(d) At time $t = 0$, particle $Q$ is at position $x = -90$. Using the result from part (b) and the function $v_Q$ from part (c), approximate the distance between particles $P$ and $Q$ at time $t = 2.8$.
Q3 Indefinite & Definite Integrals Accumulation Function Analysis View
The continuous function $f$ is defined on the closed interval $-6 \leq x \leq 5$. The figure above shows a portion of the graph of $f$, consisting of two line segments and a quarter of a circle centered at the point $(5, 3)$. It is known that the point $(3, 3 - \sqrt{5})$ is on the graph of $f$.
(a) If $\int_{-6}^{5} f(x)\, dx = 7$, find the value of $\int_{-6}^{-2} f(x)\, dx$. Show the work that leads to your answer.
(b) Evaluate $\int_{3}^{5} \left(2f'(x) + 4\right) dx$.
(c) The function $g$ is given by $g(x) = \int_{-2}^{x} f(t)\, dt$. Find the absolute maximum value of $g$ on the interval $-2 \leq x \leq 5$. Justify your answer.
(d) Find $\lim_{x \to 1} \dfrac{10^x - 3f'(x)}{f(x) - \arctan x}$.
Q4 Differential equations Applied Modeling with Differential Equations View
A cylindrical barrel with a diameter of 2 feet contains collected rainwater. The water drains out through a valve (not shown) at the bottom of the barrel. The rate of change of the height $h$ of the water in the barrel with respect to time $t$ is modeled by $\dfrac{dh}{dt} = -\dfrac{1}{10}\sqrt{h}$, where $h$ is measured in feet and $t$ is measured in seconds. (The volume $V$ of a cylinder with radius $r$ and height $h$ is $V = \pi r^2 h$.)
(a) Find the rate of change of the volume of water in the barrel with respect to time when the height of the water is 4 feet. Indicate units of measure.
(b) When the height of the water is 3 feet, is the rate of change of the height of the water with respect to time increasing or decreasing? Explain your reasoning.
(c) At time $t = 0$ seconds, the height of the water is 5 feet. Use separation of variables to find an expression for $h$ in terms of $t$.
Q5 Areas Between Curves Multi-Part Free Response with Area, Volume, and Additional Calculus View
Let $R$ be the region enclosed by the graphs of $g(x) = -2 + 3\cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}x\right)$ and $h(x) = 6 - 2(x-1)^2$, the $y$-axis, and the vertical line $x = 2$, as shown in the figure above.
(a) Find the area of $R$.
(b) Region $R$ is the base of a solid. For the solid, at each $x$ the cross section perpendicular to the $x$-axis has area $A(x) = \dfrac{1}{x+3}$. Find the volume of the solid.
(c) Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression that gives the volume of the solid generated when $R$ is rotated about the horizontal line $y = 6$.
Q6 Product & Quotient Rules View
Functions $f$, $g$, and $h$ are twice-differentiable functions with $g(2) = h(2) = 4$. The line $y = 4 + \dfrac{2}{3}(x - 2)$ is tangent to both the graph of $g$ at $x = 2$ and the graph of $h$ at $x = 2$.
(a) Find $h'(2)$.
(b) Let $a$ be the function given by $a(x) = 3x^3 h(x)$. Write an expression for $a'(x)$. Find $a'(2)$.
(c) The function $h$ satisfies $h(x) = \dfrac{x^2 - 4}{1 - (f(x))^3}$ for $x \neq 2$. It is known that $\lim_{x \to 2} h(x)$ can be evaluated using L'H\^{o}pital's Rule. Use $\lim_{x \to 2} h(x)$ to find $f(2)$ and $f'(2)$. Show the work that leads to your answers.
(d) It is known that $g(x) \leq h(x)$ for $1 < x < 3$. Let $k$ be a function satisfying $g(x) \leq k(x) \leq h(x)$ for $1 < x < 3$. Is $k$ continuous at $x = 2$? Justify your answer.