Amsco's AP Calculus AB/BC

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Pub. Date: 2004-06-30
Publisher(s): Perfection Learning
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Summary

To prepare students for the AP Calculus AB and BC Examinations.

Table of Contents

Introduction
3(5)
About the Book
3(1)
How to Use This Book
4(1)
Prerequisites to AP Calculus
4(1)
The AP Calculus AB and BC Courses
4(1)
The AP Calculus Examinations
5(1)
Factors Leading to Success in AP Calculus
6(2)
Functions and Their Properties
8(31)
A Review of Basic Functions
8(12)
Lines
20(2)
Properties of Functions
22(6)
Inverses
28(3)
Translations and Reflections
31(1)
Parametric Equations
32(7)
Chapter Assessment
35(4)
Limits and Continuity
39(19)
Functions and Asymptotes
39(4)
Evaluating Limits as x Approaches a Finite Number c
43(3)
Evaluating Limits as x Approaches ±∞
46(2)
Special Limits: lim sin/x and lim 1 -- cos x/x
48(2)
Evaluating Limits of a Piecewise-Defined Function
50(2)
Continuity of a Function
52(6)
Chapter Assessment
54(4)
The Derivative
58(40)
The Derivative of a Function
58(5)
The Average Rate of Change of a Function on an Interval
63(3)
The Definition of the Derivative
66(1)
Rules for Derivatives
67(6)
Recognizing the Form of the Derivative
73(5)
The Equation of a Tangent Line
78(3)
Differentiability vs. Continuity
81(1)
Particle Motion
82(4)
Motion of a Freely Falling Object
86(2)
Implicit Differentiation
88(3)
Related Rates
91(2)
Derivatives of Parametric Equations
93(5)
Chapter Assessment
94(4)
Applications of the Derivative
98(27)
Three Theorems: The Extreme Value Theorem, Rolle's Theorem, and the Mean Value Theorem
98(4)
Critical Values
102(8)
Concavity and the Second Derivative
110(3)
Curve Sketching and the Graphing Calculator
113(5)
Optimization
118(7)
Chapter Assessment
121(4)
Techniques and Applications of Antidifferentiation
125(55)
Antiderivatives
125(6)
Area Under a Curve: Approximation by Riemann Sums
131(7)
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
138(8)
The Accumulation Function: An Application of Part Two of the Fundamental Theorem
146(4)
Integration by the Change of Variable or u-Substitution Method
150(5)
Applications of the Integral: Average Value of a Function
155(2)
Volumes
157(11)
The Trapezoidal Rule
168(4)
Arc Length and Area of a Surface of Revolution
172(8)
Chapter Assessment
176(4)
Separable Differential Equations and Slope Fields
180(19)
Separable Differential Equations
180(5)
Slope Fields
185(3)
The Connection Between a Slope Field and Its Differential Equation
188(11)
Chapter Assessment
192(7)
BC Topics
Methods of Integration
199(14)
Integration by Parts
199(3)
Integration by the Method of Partial Fractions
202(4)
Improper Integrals
206(7)
Chapter Assessment
209(4)
Polynomial Approximations and Infinite Series
213(40)
Introduction
213(2)
Sigma Notation
215(2)
Derivation of the Taylor Polynomial Formula
217(4)
Finding New Polynomials from Old
221(4)
Error Formula for Taylor Polynomial Approximation
225(2)
Sequences and Series
227(15)
Power Series
242(11)
Chapter Assessment
248(5)
Logistic Growth, Euler's Method, and Other BC Topics
253(28)
The Logistic Growth Model
253(4)
Euler's Approximation Method
257(4)
Logarithmic Differentiation
261(2)
L'Hopital's Rule
263(3)
Polar Curves
266(15)
Chapter Assessment
277(4)
Model Examinations
281(40)
AB Model Examination 1
283(10)
AB Model Examination 2
293(9)
BC Model Examination 1
302(9)
BC Model Examination 2
311(10)
Answer Key
321(50)
Chapter 2
323(8)
Chapter 3
331(4)
Chapter 4
335(11)
Chapter 5
346(4)
Chapter 6
350(6)
Chapter 7
356(4)
Chapter 8
360(1)
Chapter 9
361(6)
Chapter 10
367(4)
Model Examinations
371(24)
AB Model Examination 1
371(7)
AB Model Examination 2
378(5)
BC Model Examination 1
383(6)
BC Model Examination 2
389(6)
Index 395

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