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AP Exam Definitions and Theorems and Examples
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- 1The average value of f(x) on [a, b] is...
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- 2The average Rate of Change of f(x) on [a, b] is...
- 3f(x) is continuous at x = c

- 4f(x) is differentiable at x = cf is continuous at x = c
AND
- 5If f(x) is continuous on (a, b) and differentiable on [a, b] then there is at least one value c in (a,b) where f'(c) =
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- 7The absolute minimum (or maximum) of a continuous function f(x) on [a, b] must occur...At the endpoints of [a, b], (i.e. x = a, x = b) or at a critical point of f(x) on (a, b)
- 8If f(x) is continuous on [a, b] then there is a value c in (a, b) such that f(c) = k, where k is...any value for which f(a) ≤ k ≤ f(b)
(Intermediate Value Theorem) - 9f(x) has a point of inflection at x = c if...f has a tangent line at x = c
AND
f''(x) changes sign
OR
f'(x) changes from increasing to decreasing (or vice versa) - 10—1

- 11The displacement (change in position) of a particle moving along the x-axis between t = a and t = b isfinal position - initial position
OR
x(b) - x(a)
OR
- 12The total distance traveled by a particle moving along the x-axis between t = a and t = b is

- 13when a particle moves along a straight line, one relationship between initial position, final position, and velocity is...where x(t) is the position at time t
and v(t) is the velocity at time t
- 14If x(t) is the position of a particle along a number line at time t, then x'(t) represents...the velocity of the particle at time t,
v(t) - 15—f'(x)

- 16—f'(3)

- 17If f(x) = g(h(x)), then f'(x) =g'(h(x)) h'(x)
- 18If k'(x) > 0, then...k(x) is increasing
- 19if k'(x) < 0, thenk(x) is decreasing
- 20If the area and radius are related as shown above, then the relationship of the rate of change of A to the rate of change of r is...**you don't have to memorize this...
just know that implicit differentiation is the technique to relate rates of change!

- 21If g''(x) > 0, theng'(x) is increasing
AND
g(x) is concave upward - 22if g''(x) < 0, theng'(x) is decreasing
AND
g(x) is concave downward - 23if h'(x) is increasing, thenh(x) is concave upward
AND
h''(x) > 0 - 24If h'(x) is decreasing, thenh(x) is concave downward
AND
h''(x) < 0 - 25If L(t) is increasing, thenL'(t) > 0
- 26If L(t) is decreasing, thenL'(t) < 0
- 27If R(x) > 0 on the interval [a, b], then the graph of R(x) is...above the x-axis on [a, b]
- 28If f(x) is continuous and f'(x) > 0 on the interval -3 < x < 2 and f'(x) < 0 on the interval 2 < x < 5, thenf(x) has relative maximum at x=2
- 29If g(x) is continuous and if g(x) has a relative minimum at x = -2, then...g'(x) < 0 on the interval left of x = -2 and g'(x) > 0 on the interval right of x = -2
OR
g'(-2) = 0 and g''(-2) > 0
(g has a horizontal tangent line at x = -2 and is concave upward at x = -2) - 30A particle moving along a line with velocity v(t) is speeding up if...v(t) > 0 AND v'(t) > 0
OR
v(t) < 0 AND v'(t) < 0 - 31If V is related to r and h as shown above, then the relationship of the rate of change of V to the rate of change of r and the rate of change of h is...**you don't have to memorize this...
just know that implicit differentiation is the technique to relate rates of change!

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- 33—


- 34Using L'Hopital's Rule,


- 35If f is the inverse of g, and f(a) = b, then g'(b) =

- 36A solid whose cross sections each have an area of A(x) for x-values between x = a and x = b has a volume that can be computed by...

- 37Four ways to compute the value of a integral are...1. Find and evaluate an antiderivative
2. Use geometry/area if given the graph
3. Evaluate the integral on your calculator
4. Estimate the integral using LRAM, RRAM, MRAM, or the Trapezoidal Method - 38—f'(4)

- 39L(t) measures how many people are waiting in line t hours after noon, then L'(3) = 7 can be interpreted how?L'(3) = 7 people/hr
At 3pm, the number of people in line is INCREASING by 7 people per hour.
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