***OFFICIAL AP Calculus BC Thread 2013***

<p>I believe Simpson’s Rule is no longer tested, don’t quote me on that though.</p>

<p>Snacks, don’t worry too much. Those are so obscure that they hardly appear at all on the test. My teacher has only briefly mentioned LeGrange’s. Seriously, instead of worrying about knowing every single subject, focus on mastering the ones that appear the most. I guess it’s a little late for that, though.</p>

<p>I agree with not worrying about Legrange error! I think there was one FRQ about it last year, but it was only worth one or two points (and maybe we’ll luck out and it won’t appear on this year’s exam). I’m just not going to devote any more time trying to figure that out…I’m also just giving up on memorizing the derivatives of inverse trig, since that will probably be one multiple choice question if it even shows up…</p>

<p>Does Calculus BC cover EVERYTHING we’ve learned in Calculus A?</p>

<p>Also, LaGrange error is quite a simple concept once you understand how to apply the formula. Once you do, you’ll realize that all the lagrange problems are the same. While it may not show up as frequently as other topics, if you do take the 5-10 minutes to learn it, that’s another problem you can be sure to get right on the test (along with EULER’S, EVERYBODY)</p>

<p>Usually Lagrange involves finding the value of the next term in the Taylor polynomial series and plugging numbers in and comparing. It’s no big deal.</p>

<p>Ok correct me if I’m wrong, but because error gradually decreases from term to term in a Taylor series, the maximum error occurs between the first and second. So, when, for example, the question asks to prove that the error of f’’’(0) is less than a certain number, one should evaluate the 3rd order and show that the value of that is less than the given number. </p>

<p>And ta-da-- it’s the answer?</p>

<p>@snacks</p>

<p>I thought you would take the next non zero term in the series for the error bound?</p>

<p>Ex) error for f’’’(x), you would take the f’’’'x for the error bound</p>

<p>I think thats right. Someone correct me…</p>

<p>@Ggjchc: That is actually a really good study guide. There are a couple of useful series tests missing (i.e. nth term is pretty good to find out divergence quickly), but overall a good one!</p>

<p>@Ggjchc This is great!!</p>

<p>@Medical Boy: :’( idkkk ugh.
I’m not prepared!!!</p>

<p>praying for no related rates/optimization frq</p>

<p>I am sure we will all do fine…</p>

<p>Oh…do you think they will put a series problem on the test? With you know ratio test, convergence etc…?</p>

<p>I’d guess that there’ll be a series FRQ, but of the convergence tests, the ratio test is the overly emphasized one (and the easiest one, I’d say). But they could always put something unexpected in there :/. </p>

<p>I need help on the root test…</p>

<p>there is something called a root test…lol i need to study…</p>

<p>Is there any advice last years test takers who scored high can tell us?</p>

<p>Well theres a .01% chance you’ll see the nth root test so I’m not gonna bother…</p>

<p>Anyway there has been a series FRQ on almost every test for the past 10 years so we probably will too. If not, the MC will be heavily based on series.</p>

<p>I only have 2003 MC and the collegeboard audit exam, but no 2008 MC. Will those 2 be accurate of what the exam is like?</p>

<p>Do you think Hooke’s Law will be on it?</p>

<p>I’ve never seen Hooke’s law on any of the practice exams my teacher gave me. And series is usually on the test. It’s typically Question #6 FRQ, although as MC, there might me one or two, if any.</p>

<p>Series is almost always a FRQ, and almost always has a Lagrange Error Bound part on there. Yay cutoff terms!</p>