Lazy about showing work?? calculus bc

<p>For questions thta involved with volumes, can you just write the function notations? Like g(x) or f(x) instead of writing the entire function out?</p>

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<p>Look at the question 1 and 2, can you just write f(x) instead of 2x(1-x)?</p>

<p>I have always wondered this as well, ever since Calc AB last year!</p>

<p>I know it may not be much, but yeah…god I have no life lol</p>

<p>I’m not sure. On their scoring guidelines (<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools), for Question 1 they don’t write it out, but question 2 they do. I’d write it out just in case. It’s not like it’s going to take up valuable time. If I were taking the test, I’d write it out for all parts except 1b and 1d.</p>

<p>I think you usually can just write f(x) or whatever. In question 2 I think that they might have written it out because it was differential equation. Im not going to chance it on the test though</p>

<p>If it’s defined in the problem, then yes.
but make sure you don’t always write f(x). if the function given by the test is R(x), write R(x)! i always make that mistake =[</p>

<p>You should look at the scoring guides. They tend to be pretty clear about what has to be shown, and you can detect some patterns if you look closely.</p>

<p>if you define it, it should be fine</p>