Calc Intro Questions 1.1

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AP Calculus AB Test Booklet

Intro Problems 1.1 Name

1.

The size of a population of fish in a pond is modeled by the function , where gives the
number of fish and gives the number of years after the first year of introduction of the fish to the
pond for . The graph of the function and the line tangent to at are shown
above. Which of the following gives the best estimate for the instantaneous rate of change of at
?

B The slope of the line joining and

C The slope of the line joining and

D The slope of the line joining and

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2.

A particle is moving on the -axis and the position of the particle at time is given by , whose
graph is shown above. Which of the following is the best estimate for the speed of the particle at
time ?

A 0

B 5

D 10

An automobile is driven on a straight road, and the distance traveled by the automobile after time
3.
is given by a quadratic function , where is measured in feet and is measured in
seconds for . Of the following, which gives the best estimate of the velocity of the
automobile, in feet per second, at time seconds?

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