2014 Calculus AB Free Response Questions (Answers and Explanations)

AP Calculus AB
2014 Free-Response Questions
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2014 AP CALCULUS AB FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

CALCULUS AB
SECTION II, Part A
Time 30 minutes
Number of problems 2
A graphing calculator is required for these problems.
1. Grass clippings are placed in a bin, where they decompose. For 0 t 30, the amount of grass clippings
remaining in the bin is modeled by At
in days.
6.687 0.931 , where A(t ) is measured in pounds and t is measured
(a) Find the average rate of change of At over the interval 0 t 30. Indicate units of measure.
(b) Find the value of A15 . Using correct units, interpret the meaning of the value in the context of the
problem.
(c) Find the time t for which the amount of grass clippings in the bin is equal to the average amount of grass
clippings in the bin over the interval 0 t 30.
(d) For t ! 30, L t , the linear approximation to A at t 30, is a better model for the amount of grass
clippings remaining in the bin. Use L t to predict the time at which there will be 0.5 pound of grass
clippings remaining in the bin. Show the work that leads to your answer.
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2. Let R be the region enclosed by the graph of f x

the figure above.
x 4 2.3 x 3 4 and the horizontal line y
(a) Find the volume of the solid generated when R is rotated about the horizontal line y
4, as shown in
2.
(b) Region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, each cross section perpendicular to the x-axis is an isosceles
right triangle with a leg in R. Find the volume of the solid.
(c) The vertical line x k divides R into two regions with equal areas. Write, but do not solve, an equation
involving integral expressions whose solution gives the value k.
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CALCULUS AB
SECTION II, Part B
Time 60 minutes
Number of problems4
No calculator is allowed for these problems.
3. The function f is defined on the closed interval > 5, 4@. The graph of f consists of three line segments and is
shown in the figure above. Let g be the function defined by g x
3 f t dt.
(a) Find g3 .
(b) On what open intervals contained in 5 x 4 is the graph of g both increasing and concave down?
Give a reason for your answer.
(c) The function h is defined by h x
g x
. Find h3 .
5x
(d) The function p is defined by p x
f x 2 x . Find the slope of the line tangent to the graph of p at the
point where x
1.


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t
minutes
v A t
meters minute
12
100
40
120
150
4. Train A runs back and forth on an east-west section of railroad track. Train As velocity, measured in meters
per minute, is given by a differentiable function v A t , where time t is measured in minutes. Selected values for
v A t are given in the table above.
(a) Find the average acceleration of train A over the interval 2 t 8.
(b) Do the data in the table support the conclusion that train As velocity is 100 meters per minute at some
time t with 5 t 8 ? Give a reason for your answer.
(c) At time t 2, train As position is 300 meters east of the Origin Station, and the train is moving to the east.
Write an expression involving an integral that gives the position of train A, in meters from the Origin
Station, at time t 12. Use a trapezoidal sum with three subintervals indicated by the table to approximate
the position of the train at time t 12.
(d) A second train, train B, travels north from the Origin Station. At time t the velocity of train B is given by
vB t 5t 2 60t 25, and at time t 2 the train is 400 meters north of the station. Find the rate, in
meters per minute, at which the distance between train A and train B is changing at time t 2.


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2
2 x 1
1
1 x 1
1 x 3
f x
12
Positive
Positive
Positive
f x
5
Negative
Negative
Positive
1
2
g x
1
Negative
Positive
Positive
g x
Positive
3
2
Positive
Negative
2
5. The twice-differentiable functions f and g are defined for all real numbers x. Values of f, f , g, and g for
various values of x are given in the table above.
(a) Find the x-coordinate of each relative minimum of f on the interval > 2, 3@. Justify your answers.
(b) Explain why there must be a value c, for 1 c 1, such that f c
(c) The function h is defined by h x
answer.
(d) Evaluate
0.
ln f x . Find h3 . Show the computations that lead to your
2 f g x g x dx.


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dy
3 y cos x. Let y f x be the particular solution to the differential
dx
equation with the initial condition f 0 1. The function f is defined for all real numbers.
6. Consider the differential equation
(a) A portion of the slope field of the differential equation is given below. Sketch the solution curve through the
point 0, 1.
(b) Write an equation for the line tangent to the solution curve in part (a) at the point 0, 1. Use the equation to
approximate f 0.2 .
(c) Find y
f x , the particular solution to the differential equation with the initial condition f 0
STOP
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6.687 0.931 , where A(t ) is measured in pounds and t is measured

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2014 AP CALCULUS AB FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

2. Let R be the region enclosed by the graph of f x

x 4  2.3 x 3  4 and the horizontal line y

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f x 2  x . Find the slope of the line tangent to the graph of p at the

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ln f x . Find h 3 . Show the computations that lead to your

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6. Consider the differential equation

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