AP Calculus AB Flip Book Directions

Tab 1: AP Calculus AB **Flip Through Every Day!**

Tab 2: IVT | MVT | Explain () (Create three columns)
Column 1:

Q: Does there exist at least one = , such that () = for < < ?
A: Yes, by IVT, since is continuous and () =_____< <_____= ().

Column 2:

Q: Must there exist at least one = , such that () = for < < ?
A: Yes, by MVT, since is differentiable and continuous and

Column 3:

()()

Q: Explain the meaning of () in context of the problem.

A: At time = (units), the [state the function in words] is [increasing or decreasing] at a rate
of [absolute value of answer with units].

Tab 3: Implicit Differentiation (Create two columns)

Column 1:

Example 1 (Standard)

Column 2:

Example 2 (Equation of a tangent line using implicit differentiation)

Tab 4: Area/Volume
Top Color:

Geometry Formulas! (Area of a)

Square with side : = 2
Rectangle with base , height : =
1

Isosceles right triangle with leg : = 2 2

Equilateral right triangle with side : =

Semi-circles with diameter : = 8 2

3 2

Bottom Color: Examples (See Area/Volume Quiz)

Tab 5: U-Sub | FTC | Student Choice (Create three columns)
Column 1:

Example 1
Example 2

Column 2:

Example 1:
Example 2:

3
ln( 2 1) = 3 2 ln( 6
2

() = () ()

Example 3: = +
Column 3:

You decide

Tab 6: Motion: position/velocity/acceleration

Top Color:

= .

Examples

Bottom Color:
() () ()
pos/vel/acc
Re-Write When you see Think

1)

Tab 7: Extrema/Concavity
Top Color:

GRAPHICALLY
If is given as a graph, then
is increasing when is positive
is decreasing when is negative
has a relative max when changes from positive to negative
has a relative min when changes from negative to positive
has a point of inflection when changes from increasing to decreasing OR vice versa
// +/
Example (Draw a piecewise linear graph; call it ; answer the questions above)

Bottom Color: ALGEBRAICALLY

Example of finding intervals of inc/dec
Example of finding intervals of concave up/concave down
Example of finding absolute extrema
Tab 8: Chain Rule/Product Rule/Quotient Rule | Trig/ ()/ | Derivative of inverse (Create three columns)
Top Color:
Column 1:

Chain: If () = (()) = ( )(), then () = (()) ()

Product: If () = ()() = ()(), then () = ()() + ()()
Quotient: If () =

Column 2:

()
sin
tan
sec
cos
cot
csc
ln

()
()

= ( ) (), then () =

()()() ()
2

(())

()
cos
sec 2
sec tan
sin
csc 2
csc cot
1

Column 3: If and are inverses (i.e., () = 1 ()) and () = , () = , then

() =

1
(())

1
()

Bottom Color:
Column 1:

Examples of chain/product/quotient

Column 2:

Examples of trig and transcendentals (ln , )

Column 3:

Examples of derivative of inverse function

Highlighted portions: Find your own examples; Dixie Rosss Big Picture packet is a good place to look.