***Official AP Calculus BC Thread 2014-2015***

use youtube videos for conceptual review then take as many FRQs and released multiple choice as you can. If you get something wrong, watch a video that explains the problem and then write out the correct solution once you understand.

Use MIT OCW 18.01sc on youtube for review videos.

Anybody ready for Tuesday? I’m not. I’ve been more focused on my other exams, even though my calc teacher tries to keep persuading us that none of our other APs matter. Plus we just learned about polar curves on Friday and parametrics last Tuesday.

@Eveningswan Not at all. Aiming for a 5 but I’ve gotten 3s on both of the released exams I’ve taken so it’s really disheartening. RN Chem has my full attention (prolly to the detriment to my other APs like Calc.

Good luck though, Polar and parametric are big parts of the FRQ and if you just learned about them, you’re going to need it

hey question for those who did previous frq questions
where 2013 and 2014 frqs one of the ezer ones? or average?
because i did get practically 100 on both (im not sure if i would get full credit for the explanation but i do think i would).

Based on what I have seen, FRQ #6 is ALWAYS a Taylor/Maclaurin series question. Better make sure you know that.

I am currently in the AB class in my school but am taking the BC test (self-studied Princeton review and did last 5 years worth of FRQ). I got like an 84% on a practice test.

Do you know what the cutoff percentage for a 5 is, and if 84% is above?

I know how to do related rates problems already, but will there be an FRQ on them or is this highly unlikely?

@blargenshmargen There is probably about a 50% chance for a related rates problem to come on.

Can someone please explain tome how to find inflection points on a graph and what i need toknow about frq six? I know hoq to find general terms and thefirst few non zero terms, but that’s it

@XCBro4Life No offense, if you don’t know inflection points… But, second derivative = 0

As for FRQ 6, It’s taylor and mclaurin.

@agupte The majority of APs only require in the mid 60s

Our calc. class apparently skipped a section called “optimization” or something. Would it be worth it to learn this or just study for other sections?

What do you guys think are the chances of there being restrictive or logistic growth?

@Sdkks11 My teacher said there’s usually a couple on the multiple choice, and maybe a 50% chance for it to appear on an FRQ

@Frigidcold obviously where the second deivative is equal to zero… I mean, if i’m given a graph, do I just look for horizontaltangent lines? I was always under the impression it wad whete concavity changes

I’ve already completed the questions in my prinston review book, is there any bc practice multiple choice tests I can take online?

yep, google 2008/2003 mc

I don’t even know how to cram at this point. God save us! Any tips? I have prep books but I feel like I’m not even learning at this point

Just a hint: you can also find the 2012 released exam by googling that :slight_smile:

crap i keep on getting b on that too…

I edited my comment because I figured out that you have to take the square root of both boundaries of the integral because u=sqrt(x).