AP Calculus AB : Comparing relative magnitudes of functions and their rates of change

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Example Questions

Example Question #51 :Asymptotic And Unbounded Behavior

Evaluate:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The antiderivative of. The derivative of. However, since there is no 2 in the original integral, we must divideby 2. Therefore, the answer is

Example Question #31 :Comparing Relative Magnitudes Of Functions And Their Rates Of Change

Evaluate the integral:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When taking the antiderivative add one to the exponent and then divide by the exponent.

Example Question #32 :Comparing Relative Magnitudes Of Functions And Their Rates Of Change

Evaluate the integral:

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Cannot be evaluated

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Explanation:

The derivative of. Therefore, the antiderivative ofis equal to itself.

Example Question #61 :Functions, Graphs, And Limits

Evaluate:

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Can't be determined from the information given.

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Explanation:

and

Recall thatis an odd function andis an even function.

Thus, sinceis an odd function, the integral of this function fromtowill be zero.

Example Question #61 :Functions, Graphs, And Limits

Evaluate this indefinite integral:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To approach this problem, first rewrite the integral expression as shown below:

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Then, recognize that, and substitute this into the integral expression:

Use substitution, lettingand. The integral can then be rewritten as

Evaluating this integral gives

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Finally, substitutingback into this expression gives the final answer:

(As this is an indefinite integral,must be included).

Example Question #1 :Finding Integrals

Evaluate:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Example Question #2 :Finding Integrals

Find

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is most easily solved by recognizing that.

Example Question #3 :Finding Integrals

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Remember the fundamental theorem of calculus!

Since our, we can't use the power rule. Instead we end up with:

Remember to include thefor any anti-derivative or integral taken!

Now we can plug that equation into our FToC equation:

Notice that the c's cancel out. Plug in the given values for a and b and solve:

Example Question #31 :Integrals

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The integral ofis. The constant 3 is simply multiplied by the integral.

Example Question #32 :Integrals

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To integrate, we need to get the two equations in terms of each other. We are going to use "u-substitution" to create a new variable,, which will equal.

Now, if, then

Multiply both sides byto get the more familiar:

Note that our, and our original equation was asking for a positive.

That means if we wantin terms of, it looks like this:

Bring the negative sign to the outside:

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We can use the power rule to find the integral of:

Since we said that, we can plug that back into the equation to get our answer:

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