Fundamental Properties of Differentiation (College Board AP® Calculus AB): Exam Questions

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Function h is a differentiable function with h(5)=2. The line y=6+45(x10) is a tangent to the graph of h at x=5.

Let a be the function given by a(x)=4x2 h(x).

Write an expression for a'(x) and find a'(5).

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x

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f(x)

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f'(x)

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g(x)

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g'(x)

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-4

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The functions f and g are differentiable. The table shown gives the values of the functions and their first derivatives at selected values of x.

Let h be a differentiable function such that h=f(x)g(x).

Find the value of h'(2).

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The function f is defined as f(x)=tan 5x.

Find the value of f'(π15).

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The function f is defined by f(x)=5(2x4)218x.

Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of y=f(x) at the point where x=3.

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The function f is defined as g(x)=3x ln (x).

Find the value of g'(1).

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f(x)

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f'(x)

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g(x)

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g'(x)

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The functions f and g are differentiable. The table shown gives the values of the functions and their first derivatives at selected values of x.

Let k be a differentiable function such that k=(f(x))2×g(x).

Find the value of k'(5).

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Line graph, showing a peak at (4,5) and a trough at (8,-4), extending from x=0 to x=13 and y=-6 to y=6 within grid lines. The line ends at (12, 0).
Graph of f

Let function f be a continuous function defined on the closed interval 0x12. The graph of f consisting of three line segments is shown above. Let G be the function defined by G(x)=0xf(t) dt.

Let P be the function defined by P(x)=G(x)f(x). Find P'(7).

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The function f is defined as f(x)=10 sin x cos xx2x+3.

Find the value of f'(0).

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The function f is defined as f(x)=4x×e3x.

Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of y=f(x) at the point where x=0.

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f(x)

f'(x)

g(x)

g'(x)

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The differentiable functions f and g are defined for all real numbers x. Values of f, f', g and g' for various values of x are given in the table above.

Let h(x)=f(x)2g(x). Find h'(3).

Show the computations that lead to your answer.

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Graph of a piecewise function f. A horizontal line for x<-4, followed by straight line segments between (-6, -3) to (0, 3) and (0, 3) to (2, -3), then a curve down to (6,-4).
Graph of f

The function f is defined on the closed interval [6, 6]. The graph of f consists of three line segments and a curve and is shown in the figure above. Let g be the function defined by g(x)=4xf(t) dt.

The function h is defined by h(x)=2x2g(x). Find h'(2).

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f(x)

f'(x)

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Graph of the function g, a piecewise function made up of 5 line segments. Line segments go between the following pairs of coordinates: (-5, 0), (-4, -2), (0, -1), (1, 4), (4, -2) and (6, 0).
Graph of g

Let f be a differentiable function. The table above gives values of f and its derivative f' at selected values of x.

Let g be the function whose graph, consisting of five line segments, is shown in the figure above.

Let h be the function defined by h(x)=(g(x))2f(x). Find h'(1).

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The functions f and g are differentiable, where f(x)=sin2 x and g(x)=sec x.

Let k be a differentiable function such that k=f(x)g(x).

Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of y=k(x) at the point where x=π4.

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The functions f and g are defined as f(x)=cos2 x and g(x)=tan x.

Let the function h be defined by h(x)=f(x)g(x). Find the value of h'(π3).

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x

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1<x<2

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f(x)

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f'(x)

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g(x)

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g'(x)

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The twice-differentiable functions f and g are defined for all real numbers x. Values of f, f', g and g' for various values of x are given in the table above.

The function h is defined by h(x)=ln (5x)·f(x)+4g(x). Find h'(15). Show the computations that lead to your answer.