Chapter 3 Test Flashcards

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How do you find the velocity of something at time t?

A

Take the derivative of the original equation.

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How do you find out when something comes to rest?

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Set the velocity equation equal to 0.

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How do you find the acceleration at time t?

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Take the derivative of the velocity equation, or the derivative of the original equation twice.

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How do you figure out when an object reaches it’s maximum height?

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Set the velocity equation equal to 0.

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How do you figure out what an object’s maximum height is?

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Plug in the answer from the max height equation (in t) into the original equation.

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What is the quadratic formula?

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negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus 4 a times c divided by 2 a

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How do you figure out when an object hits the ground?

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Set the original equation equal to 0

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How do you find the velocity of an object when it his the ground?

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Plug in WHEN it hits the ground to the velocity equation.

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How do you figure out how fast something is growing?

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Get the derivative of the entire word problem. Even what’s before the equal sign.

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If a variable is not present in an equation, what rule should be used?

A

Constant Rule (don’t take a derivative, just leave as is)

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What is the equation used with the ladder word problem?

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A^2 + B^2 = C^2

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Why can’t you plug in A B and C when taking the derivative of the ladder equation?

A

Because all of the numbers will then be constants which will make all the numbers 0

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What is the equation for the area of a circle?

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A = pi R squared

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Sum Rule

A

d/dx (f(x) + g(x)) = d/dx f(x) + d/dx g(x)

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Difference Rule

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d/dx (f(x) - g(x)) = d/dx f(x) - d/dx g(x)

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Constant Multiple Rule

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d/dx (c f(x)) = c d/dx f(x)

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Constant Rule

A

d/dx (k) = 0

k is a constant

18
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Power Rule

A

d/dx x^n = nx^n-1

19
Q

What is the derivative of x with respect to x?

20
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Exponential Rule

A

d/dx e^x = e^x

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Product Rule

A

d/dx (fg) = f dg/dx + g df/dx

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Quotient Rule

A

d/dx (f/g) = (g df/dx - f dg/dx) / (g^2)

Low Di High minus High Di Low

23
Q

d/dx sinx

24
Q

d/dx cosx

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d/dx tanx
sec^2x
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d/dx cotx
-csc^2x
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d/dx secx
secxtanx
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d/dx cscx
-cscxcotx
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Chain Rule
d/dx [f(x)]^n = n [f(x)] ^n-1 d/dx f(x) ***derivative of outer x derivative of inner***
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How do you find the equation of the tangent line?
1. Plug in x to find y OR y to find x 2. Take the derivative of the function to find the slope equation 3. Plug in x to the slope equation to get the exact value of the slope 4. Plug all numbers in to find b 5. Rewrite equation correctly
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How do you find average velocity?
Average Velocity = Rise / Run | f(y) - f(x) / y - x
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Log Rule
d/dx lnx = 1/x | d/dx = ln(f(x)) = 1/f(x) * d/dx f(x) * f'(x)/f(x)
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ln(ab)
lna + lnb
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ln(a/b)
lna - lnb
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What do you do when trying to find implicit differentiation?
Take the derivative of both sides of the equal sign
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What rule must be used if ln is outside of a function?
Log Rule
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What rule must be used if ln is inside of a function?
Chain Rule
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How do you find the linear approximation?
1. Find the equation of the tangent line | 2. Set equation approximately equal to equation of tangent line