<p>Does anyone have any predictions for the Calc AB free response?</p>
<p>1) There will be a volume question.
2) You will be asked to find minima and maxima multiple times.</p>
<p>1) There will be a question with a graph of a derivative of a function
2) There will be a question with a graph that will own your life if you don’t read it very carefully.</p>
<p>The volume problem will be non-calculator.
The particle question will involve a graph.
The bathtub problem will involve a bathtub.
IVT and MVT will be tested.
FTC will not be on the FRQ.
Potatoes.</p>
<p>These are the things I’ve picked up from ALL the FRQ’s I’ve practiced, and what I am confident in saying will be on the test.</p>
<p>-There’s always one question about area between curves + rotational volume, and usually perpendicular cross sections as part C/D. Easiest 9/9 problem.
-Know how to do a riemann sum, usually it’s trapazodials are tested somewhere.
-Understand the relationship between x(t), v(t), a(t) and how to integrate/derive between them. There’s almost always a motion problem somewhere.
-Ability to analyze a given graph, find inflection points, min max’s, and use FTC to find displacement, etc. If a(x) > 0, x(t) is concave up, know that kinda stuff.
-A problem regarding implicit differentiation, either slope fields + particular solutions, or being able to derive and manipulate an implicit problem.
-Possibly a problem about stuff being added, and removed from place. Like they give you a rate of water entering a tank, and leaving a tank, find how much enters by time 18, find how much is in the tank total at time 18(gotta account for draining, etc), stuff like that.</p>
<p>Related rates and optimizations have gradually been phased out, so don’t worry too much about those IMO. There might be a Part D regarding related rates.</p>
<p>Study the above, and you’ll be fine. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone! Including myself, lol!</p>
<p>-Doom</p>
<p>Pretty much that ^^^ whole thing.</p>
<p>@Doom</p>
<p>Just so you know, you probably just saved my life.</p>
<p>Applied Optimization has rarely been tested for the past 20ish years.
There will most certainly be a volume question revolved around an axis w/ a cross-section.
In addition there will always be that one question where you are like ***? the first time you read it, but hopefully after reading it another 2-3 times it becomes clearer.</p>
<p>I just took the AP Calc AB Form B exam, I’ll state that my predictions were pretty spot on. I was pretty ****ed about one thing, but I’m not going to talk about it till after 48 hours.</p>
<p>This test definitly felt different than all the other years worth of FRQ’s I’ve done thhough, I’m not sure why yet. I kinda FUBAR’d the FRQ’s which sucked, had some bad test anxiety when I kept stumbling on them. Probably ended with a mid 4 to low 5.</p>
<p>Good luck to the US testers ;o</p>
<p>-Doom</p>