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SCORING GUIDELINES Quesion There is no snow on Jane s driveway when snow begins o fall a midnigh. From midnigh o A.M., snow cos accumulaes on he driveway a a rae modeled by f() = 7e cubic fee per hour, where is measured in hours since midnigh. Jane sars removing snow a 6 A.M. ( = 6. ) The rae g (), in cubic fee per hour, a which Jane removes snow from he driveway a ime hours afer midnigh is modeled by for < 6 g () = 5 for 6 < 7 8 for 7. (a) How many cubic fee of snow have accumulaed on he driveway by 6 A.M.? (b) Find he rae of change of he volume of snow on he driveway a 8 A.M. (c) Le h () represen he oal amoun of snow, in cubic fee, ha Jane has removed from he driveway a ime hours afer midnigh. Express h as a piecewise-defined funcion wih domain. (d) How many cubic fee of snow are on he driveway a A.M.? 6 or.75 cubic fee : { : inegral (a) f() d =.7 : answer (b) Rae of change is f( 8) g( 8) = 5.58 or 5.58 cubic fee per hour. : answer (c) h ( ) = For < 6, h () = h( ) + gs ( ) ds= + ds=. For 6 7, < h () = h( 6) + gs ( ) ds= + 5 ds= 5( 6 ). For 7, 6 6 < h () = h( 7) + g( s) ds = 5 + 8 ds = 5 + 8( 7 ). 7 7 for 6 Thus, h () = 5( 6) for 6 < 7 5 + 8( 7) for 7 < : h () for 6 : h () for 6 < 7 : h () for 7 < : inegral (d) Amoun of snow is f() d h( ) = 6. or 6.5 cubic fee. : h( ) : answer The College Board. Visi he College Board on he Web: www.collegeboard.com.
SCORING GUIDELINES (hours) E() (hundreds of enries) Quesion 5 7 8 A zoo sponsored a one-day cones o name a new baby elephan. Zoo visiors deposied enries in a special box beween noon ( = ) and 8 P.M. ( = 8. ) The number of enries in he box hours afer noon is modeled by a differeniable funcion E for 8. Values of E(), in hundreds of enries, a various imes are shown in he able above. (a) Use he daa in he able o approximae he rae, in hundreds of enries per hour, a which enries were being deposied a ime = 6. Show he compuaions ha lead o your answer. 8 (b) Use a rapezoidal sum wih he four subinervals given by he able o approximae he value of (). 8 E d 8 Using correc unis, explain he meaning of () 8 E d in erms of he number of enries. (c) A 8 P.M., voluneers began o process he enries. They processed he enries a a rae modeled by he funcion P, where P () = + 8 76 hundreds of enries per hour for 8. According o he model, how many enries had no ye been processed by midnigh ( = )? (d) According o he model from par (c), a wha ime were he enries being processed mos quickly? Jusify your answer. E( 7) E( 5) (a) E ( 6) = hundred enries per hour 7 5 8 (b) () 8 E d E( ) + E( ) E( ) + E( 5) E( 5) + E( 7) E( 7) + E( 8) 8 + + + =.687 or. 688 8 () 8 E d is he average number of hundreds of enries in he box beween noon and 8 P.M. (c) P () d= 6 = 7 : answer : rapezoidal sum : approximaion : meaning hundred enries : 8 { : inegral (d) P () = when =.85 and =.867. P() 8.85 5.8866.867.8 8 Enries are being processed mos quickly a ime =. : answer : considers P () = : idenifies candidaes : answer wih jusificaion The College Board. Visi he College Board on he Web: www.collegeboard.com.
SCORING GUIDELINES Quesion A paricle is moving along a curve so ha is posiion a ime is ( x(), y() ), where x () = + 8 and y () is no explicily given. Boh x and y are measured in meers, and is measured in seconds. I is known ha = e. d (a) Find he speed of he paricle a ime = seconds. (b) Find he oal disance raveled by he paricle for seconds. (c) Find he ime,, when he line angen o he pah of he paricle is horizonal. Is he direcion of moion of he paricle oward he lef or oward he righ a ha ime? Give a reason for your answer. (d) There is a poin wih x-coordinae 5 hrough which he paricle passes wice. Find each of he following. (i) The wo values of when ha occurs (ii) The slopes of he lines angen o he paricle s pah a ha poin (iii) The y-coordinae of ha poin, given y( ) = + e (a) Speed = ( x ( ) ) + ( y ( ) ) =.88 meers per second : answer (b) x () = = + e d =.587 or.588 meers Disance ( ) ( ) : { : inegral : answer d (c) = = when e = and d This occurs a =.7. Since x (.7) >, he paricle is moving oward he righ a ime =.7 or.8. : considers = : =.7 or.8 : direcion of moion wih reason (d) x () = 5 a = and = A ime =, he slope is A ime =, he slope is y() = y() = + d e + d = = d.. d = = = = d. d = = = : = and = : slopes : y-coordinae The College Board. Visi he College Board on he Web: www.collegeboard.com.
SCORING GUIDELINES Quesion Le R be he region in he firs quadran bounded by he graph of y = x, he horizonal line y = 6, and he y-axis, as shown in he figure above. (a) Find he area of R. (b) Wrie, bu do no evaluae, an inegral expression ha gives he volume of he solid generaed when R is roaed abou he horizonal line y = 7. (c) Region R is he base of a solid. For each y, where y 6, he cross secion of he solid aken perpendicular o he y-axis is a recangle whose heigh is imes he lengh of is base in region R. Wrie, bu do no evaluae, an inegral expression ha gives he volume of he solid. (a) Area ( x) ( x x ) x= = 6 = 6 = 8 x= : inegrand : aniderivaive : answer ( ) { : inegrand (b) Volume = π ( 7 x ) ( 7 6) : limis and consan y (c) Solving y = x for x yields x =. y y Each recangular cross secion has area y. = 6 Volume = 6 6 y { : inegrand : answer The College Board. Visi he College Board on he Web: www.collegeboard.com.
SCORING GUIDELINES Quesion 5 Consider he differenial equaion y. = Le y = f( x) be he paricular soluion o his differenial equaion wih he iniial condiion f () =. For his paricular soluion, f( x ) < for all values of x. (a) Use Euler s mehod, saring a x = wih wo seps of equal size, o approximae f (. ) Show he work ha leads o your answer. (b) Find lim f ( x). Show he work ha leads o your answer. x x (c) Find he paricular soluion y = f( x) o he differenial equaion = y wih he iniial condiion f () =. f f + x Δ ( ) ( ), = + = (a) ( ) () f ( ) f( ) + Δx (, ) 5 + ( ) = (b) Since f is differeniable a x =, f is coninuous a x =. So, ( ) ( ) lim f x = = lim x and we may apply L Hospial s x x Rule. f( x) f ( x) lim f ( x) x lim = lim = = x x x x lim x x : Euler s mehod wih wo seps : { : answer : use of L Hospial s Rule : { : answer (c) y = y = ln y = x + C ln = + C C = ln y = x y e x = 5 : : separaion of variables : aniderivaives : consan of inegraion : uses iniial condiion : solves for y Noe: max 5 [----] if no consan of inegraion Noe: 5 if no separaion of variables f ( x) = e x The College Board. Visi he College Board on he Web: www.collegeboard.com.
SCORING GUIDELINES Quesion 6 cos x for x f( x) = x for x = The funcion f, defined above, has derivaives of all orders. Le g be he funcion defined by g( x) f( ) d. = + x (a) Wrie he firs hree nonzero erms and he general erm of he Taylor series for cos x abou x =. Use his series o wrie he firs hree nonzero erms and he general erm of he Taylor series for f abou x =. (b) Use he Taylor series for f abou x = found in par (a) o deermine wheher f has a relaive maximum, relaive minimum, or neiher a x =. Give a reason for your answer. (c) Wrie he fifh-degree Taylor polynomial for g abou x =. (d) The Taylor series for g abou x =, evaluaed a x =, is an alernaing series wih individual erms ha decrease in absolue value o. Use he hird-degree Taylor polynomial for g abou x = o esimae he value of g (). Explain why his esimae differs from he acual value of g () by less han. 6! n x x n x (a) cos( x) = + + ( ) +! ( n)! n x x n+ x f( x) = + + + ( ) +! 6! ( n + )! (b) f ( ) is he coefficien of x in he Taylor series for f abou x =, so f ( ) =. f ( ) = is he coefficien of x in he Taylor series for f abou!! x =, so f ( ) =. Therefore, by he Second Derivaive Tes, f has a relaive minimum a x =. : erms for cos x : erms for f : firs hree erms : general erm : deermines f ( ) : : answer wih reason 5 x x x : wo correc erms (c) P5 ( x ) = + :! 5 6! { : remaining erms 7 (d) g() + =! 7 Since he Taylor series for g abou x = evaluaed a x = is alernaing and he erms decrease in absolue value o, we know g 7 (). 7 < 5 6! < 6! : { : esimae : explanaion The College Board. Visi he College Board on he Web: www.collegeboard.com.