APCalculusAB/BC

Required SummerAssignment

Thissummerassignmentisintendedtobean independentassignment toreviewtheprerequisitetopics

thatareneededforAPCalculus.Thisassignmentwillalsobeausefulguidetorefertotopicswithin
algebra,geometry,trigonometryandfunctionanalysis.Inthefirstsection,youwillseealistof
prerequisitetopicsaswellasresourceswhereyoucanreviewthesespecifictopics.Inthefollowing
sections,youwillcompleteatableonfamiliesoffunctionsaswellascompletesomeproblems.

I.PrerequisiteTopics

Directions:Reviewthetableofprerequisitetopics.Resourceshavebeenprovidedforeachtopic
ifanyrevieworexplanationisnecessary.Thistableoftopicsandresourcesservesasan
excellentprimertotheAPCalculuscourses.

Algebra
Topic Resource

Equationofaline WritetheEquationofaLine

Rationalexpressions SimplifyRationalExpressions

Functions:domain/range DetermineDomainandRangefromGraphs
DetermineDomainofAdvancedFunctions

Functions:compositions FindCompositeFunctions
EvaluateCompositeFunctionsUsingTables

Functions:inverses FindInverseFunctions
VerifyInverseFunctions

Geometry
Topic Resource

AreaFormulas AreaofTriangles
AreaofEquilateralTriangle
AreaofCircle

VolumeandSurfaceArea ChartofVolumeandSurfaceAreaofaSphere,Cube,
Formulas RectangularSolidandCone

SimilarTriangles SolveSimilarTriangles

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Trigonometry
Topic Resource

SumandDifferenceFormulas UsingSumandDifferenceFormulas

DoubleAngleFormulas UsingDoubleAngleFormulas

TrigonometricIdentities PythagoreanIdentities
ReciprocalandQuotientIdentities

UnitCircle SpecialPointsontheUnitCircle
UnitCircleGeneratingTrigonometricGraphs

TrigonometricGraphs GraphsofSineandCosine
GraphsofTangentandReciprocalFunctions

PolarCoordinates BasicGraphing

Functions
Topic Resource

LinearFunctions MathIsFun:LinearEquations

PolynomialFunctions MathIsFun:PolynomialFunctions

RationalFunctions GraphsofRationalFunctions:HorizontalAsymptotes
GraphsofRationalFunctions:VerticalAsymptotes

ExponentialFunctions ExponentialFunctionandItsGraph

LogarithmicFunctions LogarithmicFunctionsandItsGraph

TrigonometricFunctions MathIsFun:TrigonometricFunctions

InverseTrigonometric InverseTrigonometricFunctionsandTheirGraphs
Functions

PiecewiseFunctions PiecewiseFunctionsandTheirGraphs
AbsoluteValueFunctionasaPiecewiseDefinedFunction


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II.TableofParentFunctions

Directions:Thetablebelowrepresentsalistofparentfunctionsyouareexpectedtoknow
prior
toenrollinginAPCalculus.Completethetablebyidentifyingtheimportantfeaturesofeachof
theseparentfunctions.

Parent Sketchof XandY Asymptotes,

Domain Range
Function Graph Intercepts ifany

y = x

y = x2

y = x3

y = 1x

y = x

y = 3 x

y = |x|

y = ex

y = lnx

y = sinx

y = cosx

y = tanx

y = sin1x

y = cos1x

y = tan1x


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III.ProblemSet(Computation)

Directions:
Completethefollowingproblemsoutlinedbelow.Youmustshowallyourwork
and/orprovideexplanationstojustifyyouranswers.

1. Giventhat f (x) = 2x 3 ,findthevalueof f (x + h) .

1
2. Given f (x) = x+2 ,whatis f(x+h)f(x)
h ?


3. Whatisthedomainofthefunction f (x) = x3 x2 ?


4. Whatisthedomainandrangeofthefunction g(x) = x 2 + 1 ?


7x
5. Findthedomainofthefunction h(x) = x336x ?


6. Whatistheequationofthelineparalleltothegraphof 4x + 3y = 8 thatpassesthrough
thepoint (2, 1) ?


7. Findtheequationofthelinegiventhepoint ( 3, 6) andslope m = 12 .


8. Giventhetwolines 2x + y = 5 and y = 12 x + 7 ,arethelinesparallel,perpendicular,or
neither.Justifyyouranswer.


k
9. Ifthepointwithcoordinates (3, k) isontheline 2x 5y = 8 ,whatisthevalueof?


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Forproblems10through13,usethegivenfunctions f (x) = 3x + 5 and g(x) = x2 tofindthe

following:

10. (f g) (x)


11. (g f ) (x)


12. (f f ) (x)


13. (f g) ( 2)

Forproblems14and15,findtheinverseofthefunction:

14. f (x) = 13 x


15. g(x) = x1 5

Forproblems16and17,verifythefunctionsareinverses:

16. f (x) = 1x and g(x) = 1x

17. f (x) = 3 4x and g(x) = 3x
4


18. Whatisthevertexofthefunction f (x) = (x + 4)2 + 3 ?



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19. Giventhefunction f (x) = 3x2 + 2x 1 ,doesthefunctionhaveamaximumora
minimum?Justifyyouranswer.
20. Whatistheequationofaquadraticfunctionwithavertexof (0, 13 ) thatpassesthrough
thepoint (3, 553 ) andopensupward?


21. Whatarethezerosofthefunction f (x) = x4 3x3 ?Makesuretoidentifyanymultiple
roots.


22. Ifthefunction f (x) = (2x 1)(x2 + 1)(x 5)2 ,then
fx
()hashowmanyuniquerealroots?


x
23. Identifythe intercept(s)ofthefunction f (x) = 4x4 7x3 15x2 ?

Forproblems24through27,findtheverticalandhorizontalasymptotes(ifany)foreach
function.

5x
24. f (x) = x1


2
25. g(x) = x2x29

2
26. h(x) = x6


4+2
27. k(x) = 3x7x22x1

Forproblems28and29,evaluatethefunctionsfor x = 2, 1, 0, 3, 4 .Keepanswerswritten
asexactvalueswithpositiveexponents.


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28. g(x) = 4x + 1


29. k(x) = 2ex

Forproblems30through32,
expand
eachlogarithm:

2
30. ln (3x5)
7


31. log z13


4 2
32. lnxzy5

Forproblems33through35, condense
eachlogarithmtoasinglequantity:

33. logx 2logy + 3logz

34. 2ln8 + 5ln(x 4)


35. 3ln2 7lnx

Forproblems36through39,solvethefollowingequations.Makesuretonoteanyextraneous
solutions.

36. 8x = 4



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37. lnx ln5 = 0


38. 2e3x = 32
39. lnx + ln(x 26) = 3


40. Giventheangle = 43 ,identifythequadrantwherethisanglesliesandevaluate
sin, cos, andtan .


41. Giventheangle sin = 34 ,sketchatriangleandfindthevaluesoftheotherfive
trigonometricfunctions.

Forproblems42through44,useyourknowledgeoftheunitcircletoevaluatethefollowing
functions:

( )
42. cos1 23


43. tan1(1)


44. sin1 ( 12 )

Forproblems45and46,identifytheamplitudeandperiodforeachfunction:

45. y = 32 sin 3x


46. y = 10cos4x


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Forproblems47and48,simplifythetrigonometricexpression:

47. sinxsecx

1sin2x
48. csc 2x1

Forproblems49and50,solvethetrigonometricequationsovertheinterval [0, 2) using

trigonometricidentities:

49. 2cosx + sin2x = 0

50. cos (x + 4 ) cos (x 4 ) = 1

IV.ProblemSet(Communication)

Directions: Completethefollowingproblemsinshortanswerform.OntheAPExam,itis

importantyouareabletocommunicatemathematicsanditsapplications.Incompletesentences,
answerthefollowingquestionsfullyandclearly.

51. Beingabletoillustratemathematicsandmakeconnectionswithreallifeapplicationsis
animportantfactortoanymathematicscourse,butitisespeciallyimportantforAP
Calculus.Foreachofthefollowingtypesoffunctions,provideanexamplewithaclear
andthoroughexplanationofanapplicationthatusesthatfunction.
a. Linear
b. Quadratic
c. Rational
d. Exponential
e. Logarithmic
f. Trigonometric
Yourexplanationsshouldbeyourownwork.However,you must citeyoursourcesto
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52. Usingoneoftheexamplesyouprovidedabove,explainhowtosolvetheapplication
problem.Thoroughlyexplainthemathematicsskillsyouusetosolveeachstepofthe
problem.Makesuretoemphasizetheconnectionbetweenyourmathematicalknowledge
andtheapplicationtotheexample.Yourresponseshouldrepresentacompleteand
wellexplainedanswer, inyourownwords,totheexampleyouprovided.