<p>^Problem set 6 is ALL Calculus BC stuff. 1-5 contain a few BC topics but mostly AB material. All these are excerpted from 5 Step to a 5, so it’s not original. Whatever the case, they are great problems. All solutions to each set are after the final problem on page.</p>
<p>We are just now done with our test for chapter 4 which is the applications of derivatives (min/max, linearization, optimization, related rates) and we are going on to integration. I think we’re a little bit ahead, so if you’re on chapter 3 or 4 I think you are still fine.</p>
<p>well my class just took the chapter 3 test today … Im not gonna lie at all i think i did really good ! … like B+ or A good … <em>knocks on wood</em> but let me not ginx myself … on the limit test i got a 89% on … now time for chapter 4 … application of derivatives … Blaaa</p>
<p>If you all are juniors, are you guys planning to take BC next year? I’m not sure; BC is really hard at my school so I might take Statistics instead.</p>
<p>Yes, I am a Junior in AB this year, and I plan to take BC next year. Luckily, the teacher at my schools who teaches BC is really good. (and he is my AB teacher this year, lol) :)</p>
<p>I’ve heard that BC has a lot of the same concepts as AB. Most students at my school say that if you do well in AB, you will be fine in BC, but I guess it differs from school to school. I think Statistics is a good choice, too though. I would take if I had more room in my schedule.</p>
<p>What book are you guys using? My class uses Larson’s book. We did the first 3 chapters so far. The class isn’t too bad, related rates was probably the hardest thing we learned so far.</p>
<p>we’re doing concavity, points of extrema, double differentiation and mean value theorem. there was a quiz last class which i failed (64%) but it was because of 1 question that i did not understand the wording… lol</p>
<p>i think there’ll be a test next week on this part of the chapter.</p>
<p>Also, anyone have tips for MC problems? Our chapter tests are basically mini-exams, and I have yet to pass 70 on the MC portions, which is bringing down my overall score (e.g. I got 67 on MC and 93 on FRQ this last test, giving me 80 overall).</p>
<p>We’re about finish Chapter 3 (4?) with approximation, Newton’s, optimization, and differentials. Somehow we are supposed to do all of this before the break so we can start integral calculus next semester… Kill me now.</p>
<p>@Biodontchem,
Are these problems supposed to be especially hard? I’m seriously sweating bullets at some of these, particularly the applications of derivatives section.</p>
<p>I’ve only glanced at the problems but they look pretty straightforward and typical for AP Calculus. Have you learned about related rates, optimization, and linear approximation in class yet?</p>
<p>@aldfig0,
Out of what you listed, we’ve only gone over linear (and quadratic) approximation.
Out of curiosity, is related rates one of the harder ideas in calculus?
And I should correct my first message, I only looked at that one section, I don’t know how difficult the other sections are.</p>
<p>EDIT- I just looked at the first link, it looks pretty fun and fairly easy.
Second link is fine as well.</p>
<p>my class is currently on finding local and global extrema mean value theorem concavity using first and second derivative test. i have a low a in AP Calc (93) so i can most likely help those in need with chain rule and so forth</p>
<p>We have completely finished derivatives and we have gone into basic definite integrals. We are going into the 6th chapter which includes slope fields and some other stuff and will get about halfway done before Christmas.</p>
<p>The plan is to finish the chapter on Applications of Derivatives by the end of the semester. We are doing our final lesson which combines optimization and approximation. Apparently we’re just cutting out Newton’s method and differentials? Or are those BC topics?</p>
<p>It also doesn’t help that we start integration when we come back from break, and I’m missing three days in a row that week for all-state band.</p>
… like B+ or A good … <em>knocks on wood</em> but let me not ginx myself … on the limit test i got a 89% on … now time for chapter 4 … application of derivatives … Blaaa</p>