AP Calculus BC Test Booklet

Unit 3 Progress Check: FRQ Part B Name

1. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label
any functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give
mathematical reasons, and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems,
properties, definitions, or tests are applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and
completeness of your methods as well as your answers. Answers without supporting work will usually
not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is
given as a decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for
which is a real number.

Consider the curve given by the equation for .

(a) Show that .

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

(b) Write an equation for the line tangent to the curve at the point .

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

(c) Evaluate at the point .

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

(d) The points and are on the curve. Find the value of .

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

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 AP Calculus BC Test Booklet

Unit 3 Progress Check: FRQ Part B

2. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label
any functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give
mathematical reasons, and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems,
properties, definitions, or tests are applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and
completeness of your methods as well as your answers. Answers without supporting work will usually
not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is
given as a decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for
which is a real number.

The table above gives values of the differentiable function and its derivative for selected values of .

(a) Let be the function defined by . Find .

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

(b) Let be the function defined by . Find .

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

(c) Let be the function defined by . Find .

Copyright © 2020. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online or in print beyond your
school’s participation in the program is prohibited.
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 AP Calculus BC Test Booklet

Unit 3 Progress Check: FRQ Part B

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

Copyright © 2020. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online or in print beyond your school’s participation in the
program is prohibited.
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