AP Calculus BC

2005 Free-Response Questions

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2005 AP CALCULUS BC FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

CALCULUS BC
SECTION II, Part A
Time45 minutes
Number of problems3
A graphing calculator is required for some problems or parts of problems.

1
+ sin ( p x ) and g ( x ) = 4 - x. Let R be the shaded region in
4
the first quadrant enclosed by the y-axis and the graphs of f and g, and let S be the shaded region in the first

1. Let f and g be the functions given by f ( x ) =

quadrant enclosed by the graphs of f and g, as shown in the figure above.

(a) Find the area of R.
(b) Find the area of S.
(c) Find the volume of the solid generated when S is revolved about the horizontal line y = -1.

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2. The curve above is drawn in the xy-plane and is described by the equation in polar coordinates r = q + sin (2q )

for 0 q p , where r is measured in meters and q is measured in radians. The derivative of r with respect
dr
to q is given by
= 1 + 2 cos (2q ) .
dq
(a) Find the area bounded by the curve and the x-axis.
(b) Find the angle q that corresponds to the point on the curve with x-coordinate -2.

p
2 p dr
<q <
,
is negative. What does this fact say about r ? What does this fact say about the
3
3 dq
curve?

(c) For

p
that corresponds to the point on the curve in the first
2
quadrant with greatest distance from the origin. Justify your answer.

(d) Find the value of q in the interval 0 q

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Distance
x (cm)
Temperature
T ( x ) (C)

100

93

70

62

55

3. A metal wire of length 8 centimeters (cm) is heated at one end. The table above gives selected values of the
temperature T ( x ) , in degrees Celsius (C) , of the wire x cm from the heated end. The function T is decreasing
and twice differentiable.
(a) Estimate T (7) . Show the work that leads to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
(b) Write an integral expression in terms of T ( x ) for the average temperature of the wire. Estimate the average
temperature of the wire using a trapezoidal sum with the four subintervals indicated by the data in the table.
Indicate units of measure.
(c) Find

0 T ( x) dx, and indicate units of measure. Explain the meaning of 0 T ( x) dx

in terms of the

temperature of the wire.

(d) Are the data in the table consistent with the assertion that T ( x ) > 0 for every x in the interval 0 < x < 8 ?
Explain your answer.

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CALCULUS BC
SECTION II, Part B
Time45 minutes
Number of problems3
No calculator is allowed for these problems.

4. Consider the differential equation

dy
= 2 x - y.
dx

(a) On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential equation at the twelve points indicated,
and sketch the solution curve that passes through the point (0, 1) .
(Note: Use the axes provided in the pink test booklet.)

(b) The solution curve that passes through the point (0, 1) has a local minimum at x = ln

( 23 ). What is the

y-coordinate of this local minimum?

(c) Let y = f ( x ) be the particular solution to the given differential equation with the initial condition
f (0 ) = 1. Use Eulers method, starting at x = 0 with two steps of equal size, to approximate f ( - 0.4 ) .
Show the work that leads to your answer.
d2y
in terms of x and y. Determine whether the approximation found in part (c) is less than or
dx 2
greater than f ( - 0.4 ) . Explain your reasoning.

(d) Find

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5. A car is traveling on a straight road. For 0 t 24 seconds, the cars velocity v(t ) , in meters per second, is
modeled by the piecewise-linear function defined by the graph above.
(a) Find

24

v(t ) dt. Using correct units, explain the meaning of

24

v(t ) dt.

(b) For each of v (4 ) and v (20 ) , find the value or explain why it does not exist. Indicate units of measure.
(c) Let a(t ) be the cars acceleration at time t, in meters per second per second. For 0 < t < 24, write a
piecewise-defined function for a(t ) .
(d) Find the average rate of change of v over the interval 8 t 20. Does the Mean Value Theorem guarantee
a value of c, for 8 < c < 20, such that v (c ) is equal to this average rate of change? Why or why not?

6. Let f be a function with derivatives of all orders and for which f (2 ) = 7. When n is odd, the nth derivative
of f at x = 2 is 0. When n is even and n 2, the nth derivative of f at x = 2 is given by f (n) (2 ) =

(n - 1)!
3n

(a) Write the sixth-degree Taylor polynomial for f about x = 2.

(b) In the Taylor series for f about x = 2, what is the coefficient of ( x - 2 )

2n

for n 1 ?

(c) Find the interval of convergence of the Taylor series for f about x = 2. Show the work that leads to your
answer.

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