typed by Mr. Sean Bird, Covenant Christian High School

updated April 6, 2006

AP CALCULUS

Stuff you MUST know Cold

 

* means topic only on BC

Curve sketching and analysis

 y = f(x) must be continuous at each:Text Box: and look out for endpoints

critical point:  = 0 or undefined

local minimum:

   goes (,0,+) or (,und,+) or  >0

local maximum:

    goes (+,0,) or (+,und,) or  <0

point of inflection: concavity changesText Box: (+,und,–), or (–,und,+)

   goes from (+,0,), (,0,+),

Differentiation Rules

   Chain Rule

     

 

   Product Rule

      

 

   Quotient Rule

       

Approx. Methods for Integration

Trapezoidal Rule

 

Simpson’s Rule

 

Theorem of the Mean Value

i.e. AVERAGE VALUE

 

Basic Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“PLUS A CONSTANT”

If the function f(x) is continuous on [a, b] and the first derivative exists on the interval (a, b), then there exists a number

x = c on (a, b) such that

 

This value f(c) is the “average value” of the function on the interval [a, b].

 

The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

 

 

Corollary to FTC

       

Solids of Revolution and friends

Disk Method

    

Washer Method

    

General volume equation (not rotated)

    

*Arc Length  

                         

Intermediate Value Theorem

If the function f(x) is continuous on [a, b], and y is a number between f(a) and f(b), then there exists at least one number x= c in the open interval (a, b) such that

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More Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mean Value Theorem

 

If the function f(x) is continuous on [a, b],  AND the first derivative exists on the interval (a, b), then there is at least one number x = c in (a, b) such that

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Distance, Velocity, and Acceleration

velocity =  (position)

acceleration =  (velocity)

*velocity vector =  

speed =   *

displacement =  

 

average velocity =

              

              =  

 

Rolle’s Theorem

 

If the function f(x) is continuous on [a, b],  AND the first derivative exists on the interval (a, b), AND f(a) = f(b), then there is at least one number x = c in (a, b) such that

.

 

BC TOPICS and important TRIG identities and values

l’Hôpital’s Rule

     If ,

then  

Slope of a Parametric equation

Given a x(t) and a y(t) the slope is

 

Values of Trigonometric

Functions for Common Angles

 

θ

sin θ

cos θ

tan θ

 

 

 

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