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               178     Chapter 2 • The Derivative and Its Properties
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               AP Practice Problems
               Multiple-Choice Questions
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             169  1. The line x + y = 5 is tangent to the graph of y = f (x) at the  169  5. If x − 3y = 13 is an equation of the tangent line to the graph
                   point where x = 2. The values f (2) and f (2) are:   of f at the point (2, 6), then f (2) =
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                   (A) f (2) = 2; f (2) = −1  (B) f (2) = 3; f (2) = −1      1       1                  13
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                                                                        (A) −     (B)     (C) −3   (D) −
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                   (C) f (2) = 2; f (2) = 1  (D) f (2) = 3; f (2) = 2        3       3                   3
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             173  2. The graph of the function f , given below, consists of three  173  6. If f is a function for which lim  x + 3  = 0, then
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                   line segments. Find f (3).
                                                                        which of the following statements must be true?
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                                                                        (A) x = −3 is a vertical asymptote of the graph.
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                                10                                      (B) The derivative of f at x = −3 exists.
                                                                        (C) The function f is continuous at x = 3.
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                                                                        (D) f is not defined at x = −3.
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                                                                 171  7. If the position of an object on the x-axis at time t is 4t , then
                                2                                       the average velocity of the object over the interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 5 is
                                  (0, 1)        (15, 1)
                         26 24 22   2  4  6  8  10 12  14 16 x          (A) 5   (B) 20  (C) 40   (D) 100
                                    Graph of f
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                                                                 175  8. The table below lists several values of a function y = f (x) that
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                   (A) 1   (B) 2   (C) 3  (D) f (3) does not exist      is continuous on the closed interval [−2, 6] and has a derivative
                                                                        at each number in the open interval (−2, 6). Approximate the
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             170  3. What is the instantaneous rate of change of the function  derivative of f at 0.
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                   f (x) = 3x + 5 at x = 2?
                                                                           x    −1   −1/2  1   3   5
                   (A) 5   (B) 7   (C) 12  (D) 17
                                                                          f (x)  −4  −1    2   1   −2
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             174  4. The function f is defined on the closed interval [−2, 16]. The
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                   graph of the derivative of f , y = f (x), is given below.       1        2
                                                                        (A) 0   (B)     (C)     (D) 2
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                             4     (6, 3)                         PAGE  9. A tank is filled with 80 liters of water at 7 a.m. (t = 0). Over the
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                             2                                          next 12 hours the water is continuously used and no water is
                                                                        added to replace it. The table below gives the amount of
                          22        4  6  8   12   16 x
                            22                                          water A(t) (in liters) remaining in the tank at selected times t,
                                                                        where t measures the number of hours after 7 a.m.
                   The point (6, −2) is on the graph of y = f (x). An equation of  t  0  2  5  7  9   12
                   the tangent line to the graph of f at (6, −2) is      A(t)  80   71   66  60   54  50
                   (A) y = 3      (B) y + 2 = 6(x + 3)                  Use the table to approximate A (6). Interpret your answer in the
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                   (C) y + 2 = 6x  (D) y + 2 = 3(x − 6)                 context of the problem.
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               Multiple-Choice Questions
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                              x + 3x + 2                                             2
                 1. Given f (x) =      , which of the following      3. Suppose g(x) = x − 3, x 6= 4. Find lim g(x), if it exists.
                                x + 1                                                             x→4
                   statements, if any, must be true?                    (A) 4   (B) 13  (C) 19   (D) The limit does not exist.
                    I. f is continuous at −1.
                    II.  lim f (x) exists.                          Free-Response Question
                       x→−1
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                   III. The graph of f has a vertical asymptote at x = − 1.                     x − 8
                                                                     4. How should the function r(x) =  be defined at the
                                                                                                x − 2
                   (A) II only      (B) I and II only                   number 2, so that r is continuous 2?
                   (C) II and III only  (D) I, II, and III
                 2. lim (4x · tan x) =
                     π
                   x→
                      4
                               π
                   (A) 0   (B)     (C) 1   (D) π
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