AP Questions Type 2: Linear Motion We continue the discussion of the various type questions on the AP Calculus Exams with linear motion questions. “A particle (or car, person, or bicycle) moves on a number line ….” These questions may give the position equation, the velocity equation (most often), or the acceleration equation of something that…
The Free-response Questions There are ten general categories of AP Calculus free-response questions. NOTE: The type number I’ve assigned to each type DO NOT correspond to the 2019 CED Unit numbers. Many AP Exam questions have parts from different Units. The CED Unit numbers will be referenced in each post. AP Questions Type 1: Rate and Accumulation These questions…
This unit seems to fit more logically after the opening unit on integration (Unit 6). The Course and Exam Description (CED) places Unit 7 Differential Equations before Unit 8 probably because the previous unit ended with techniques of antidifferentiation. My guess is that many teachers will teach Unit 8: Applications of Integration immediately after Unit…
Given equations that define a region in the plane students are asked to find its area, the volume of the solid formed when the region is revolved around a line, and/or the region is used as a base of a solid with regular cross-sections. This standard application of the integral has appeared every year since…
Happy New Year ! A few more links to posts on accumulation. Painting a Point (2-4-2013) Paint often and the paint accumulates. Good Question 6: 2000 AB 4 (8-25-2015) Accumulation Good Question 8 – or not? (1-5-2016) Accumulation Density (1-10-2017) Accumulation and Differential Equations (2-1-2013) Solving differential equations without the “+C“ Review Notes: Type 1 Questions:…
The idea that the definite integral is an “accumulator” means that integrating a rate of change over an integral gives the net amount of change over the interval.Many of the application of integration are based on this idea. Here are some past posts on this idea. Accumulation An introductory activity to explore accumulation and the relationship…
One of the major applications of integration is to find the volumes of various solid figures. Volume of Solids with Regular Cross-sections This is where to start with volume problems. After all, solids of revolution are just a special case of solids with regular cross-sections. Volumes of Revolution Subtract the Hole from the Whole and…
